 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1896 - 584 páginas
...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... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1897 - 422 páginas
...defenceless. Christmas Eve, President Lincoln received the following despatch from General Sherman : " 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." It need not be said that the President appreciated... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 1897 - 524 páginas
...telegram: SAVANNAH, Georgia, December 22, 1364. 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 had sent the... | |
 | Harvey Marion Trimble - 1898 - 466 páginas
...the termination of the campaign, and sent to President Lincoln a characteristic dispatch, as follows: "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." President Lincoln replied: "My Dear General Sherman: Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift. When... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1898 - 586 páginas
...: "SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 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." JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.... | |
 | Manning Ferguson Force - 1899 - 406 páginas
...a ram, destroyed by Hardee to prevent their capture. General Sherman's dispatch to the President, " I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton," reached Mr. Lincoln Christmas Day, and spread joy through the land. Savannah was under military laws.... | |
 | Manning Ferguson Force - 1899 - 406 páginas
...a ram, destroyed by Hardee to prevent their capture. General Sherman's dispatch to the President, " I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton," reached Mr. Lincoln Christmas Day, and spread joy through the land. Savannah was under military laws.... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1899 - 364 páginas
...cried that the message would probably reach the President on the 25th of December; so Sherman wrote to Lincoln : " I beg to present you as a Christmas gift...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition ; also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." This message reached Lincoln on December 24, and... | |
 | Eleanor Alice Persons - 1899 - 216 páginas
...HM Byers. 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, Maj.Geifl. Our camp fires shone bright... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - 1900 - 432 páginas
...had carried off forty-nine pieces of artillery. He sent a telegram to President Lincoln, saying : " 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." About the same time Hood's army in Tennessee was... | |
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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. 
