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" I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. "
Southern History of the War: The Last Year of the War - Page 136
by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866 - 363 pages
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 3

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...city in the following characteristic dispatch : " SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, Dtcember 22. " To His EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT LINCOLN : " I beg to present you, as a Christmas...and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. "WT SHERMAN, Major- General." 550 551 roads connecting Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, and Savannah. The work...
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Life and Military Career of Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1865 - 410 pages
...transmitted to the President this laconic message : "SAVANNAH, GA., December 22, 1864. " His Excellency President Lincoln ; " I beg to present you as a Christmas...and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major-General." v In all the world's history of the Christmas times, was there ever a gift...
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The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 866 pages
...announced this crowning success of the campaign : SAVANMAH, G A., December 22. Пи Excellency Pretident Lincoln : I beg to present you as a Christmas gift...and also about twentyfive thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major-General. The following from Gen. Foster gives additional details of the capture :...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 572 pages
...following brief note to President Lincoln, announcing this happy termination of the campaign :— " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." The number of pieces of artillery captured, as subsequently ascertained by actual inspection and count,...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 590 pages
...the following brief note to President Lincoln, announcing this happy termination o the campaign:— " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." The number of pieces of artillery captured, as subsequently ascertained by actual inspection and count,...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - Bookbinding - 1865 - 568 pages
...following brief note to President Lincoln, announcing this happy termination of the campaign : — " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of ootton." The number of pieces of artillery captured, as subsequently ascertained by actual inspection...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...of December to General Sherman, who on the 22d sent a dispatch to the President, presenting to him " as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah with one...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.'' The fall of Savannah was not the only success which made the month of December glorious. It was preceded...
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History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close ..., Volume 1

Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, December 22. " To His Excellency President LINCOLN: "I beg to present you, аз a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred...and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. (Signed) "W. T SHERMAN, Major- General." A few days later he issued the following order for the government...
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History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving ...

Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...22. " To His Excellency President LINCOLN : " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gin, the city оГ Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and...of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand balea of cotton. (Signed) "W. T SHERMAN, Major- General." A few days later he issued the following...
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The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of ..., Volume 4; Volume 1864

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 870 pages
...Lincoln : I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fiftv heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twentyfive thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major-General. The following from Gen. Foster gives additional details of the capture :...
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