...for the President. You know Sherman said in his dispatch to Abraham Lincoln, ' I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with...and also about twentyfive thousand bales of cotton.' It was extremely humiliating to the Georgians, no doubt ; but Afra, darling, the morning is passing...

...and the Union Army entered it ; and General Sherman wrote to President Lincoln, " I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with...fifty heavy guns, and plenty of ammunition, and also twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." He had lost, in the march, only sixtythree killed, and two hundred...

...he said : " I beg to present you a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Halleck, rejoicing in Sherman's success, pronounced his march as " the greatest one of this great war."...

...Charleston, and the next morning the Union troops took possession. Sherman wrote to the President: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition; also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." This message reached the President on Christmas eve,...

...Charleston, and the next morning the Union troops took possession. Sherman wrote to the President: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition; also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." This message reached the President on Christmas eve,...

...following : " SAVANNAH, GA., December 22, 1864 To HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Washington, DC : I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition ; also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major General " This message actually...

...he said : " I beg to present you a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Halleck, rejoicing in Sherman's success, pronounced his march as " the greatest one of this great war."...

...Immediately after the surrender, he wrote to the President, " I beg to present you as a Christmas present the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." i From a manuscript book by General William E. Strong....

...artillery and much valuable property. The country was electrified with his telegram to the President: "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Sherman had at last reached the sea, adding lustre to his name, and furnishing for military history...

...artillery and much valuable property. The country was electrified with his telegram to the President: "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Sherman had at last reached the sea, adding lustre to his name, and furnishing for military history...