...President,*— " SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, Dec. 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! ' * Sherman's men had...

...President, — "SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, Dec. 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."1 Sherman's men had long...

...great victory. His dispatch to President Lincoln, which was sent by boat to Fortress Monroe, ran — " 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." He became the recipient of congratulatory dispatches...

...Eve: I beg to present yon, as a Christmas gin, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty gnus and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. And he said in his official report: I estimate the damage to Georgia at a hundred millions of dollars,...

...till January 5, and had a much needed rest. As soon as we were settled, General Sherman wrote thus to President Lincoln: — "I beg to present you as...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." It was afterwards found that there were 250 guns...

...following telegram: SAVANNAH, GA., December 22, 1864. To H1s 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 twentyfive thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major-General. On the afternoon of the...

...his triumphal progress of 300 miles, during which his loss was but 567 men. Dec. 25th he telegraphed to President Lincoln, "I beg to present you, as a...heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty -five thousand bales of cotton," in reply to which he received the assurance that to him alone...

...entered the city December 23d, and sent the following dispatch to Mr. Lincoln : " I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah with...heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton." In Sherman's official report he states that he had carried away with him 10,000...

...entered the city. It was a brief despatch which Sherman sent to President Lincoln, December 28th : "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." CHAPTER XXIII. SCENES IN SAVANNAH. WHEN the Union army entered Savannah the people were on the verge...

...until Sherman sent his famous dispatch to Lincoln which set the joy-bells of the North ringing again : "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." To this laconic message, President Lincoln replied : 347 EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, December...