 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 - Page 432by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Henry Fales Perry - Indiana - 1906 - 414 pages
...Georgia, December 22, 1864. To his Excellency President Lincoln, Washington, DC : I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major-General. It was afterward ascertained... | |
 | Henry William Elson - United States - 1906 - 1022 pages
...IIe_then sent President Lincoln the wellknown dispatch, "I beg to present to you, as a Citristmas_gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty THOMAS AT NASHVILLE 767 of ammunition, and also about twenty -five thousand bales of cotton." Thus... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - United States - 1911 - 362 pages
...possession of the city, and on December 22d he sent to President Lincoln this message: " I beg to present to you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." As a matter of fact, over two hundred and fifty guns were captured, and thirty-one thousand bales of... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - United States - 1911 - 260 pages
...in the city. He thereupon sent to President Lincoln the now familiar dispatch, " 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." On his march from Atlanta he had lost only five hundred and... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy - United States - 1913 - 372 pages
...city of Savannah THOMAS j. ("STONEWALL") JACKSON THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." This was glorious news to the man who was bearing Glorious e ° news upon his mind and heart the burdens... | |
 | William Harrison Lambert - Books - 1914 - 684 pages
...Washington, DC May IS, 1883." The letter is a copy made for this gentleman, and reads: "His Excellency, President Lincoln, I beg to present you as a Christmas...heavy guns and plenty of Ammunition: and also about twenty five thousand bales of cotton." * To Major Gen. H. Vf. Halleck, Chief of Staff, telling him... | |
 | Daniel Howard - United States - 1914 - 264 pages
...HISTORY 85 "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." How the President rejoiced... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - United States - 1914 - 300 pages
...the war. Just before Christmas he entered Savannah, and sent to President Lincoln the message : — 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. So ended the year 1864. The Confederates... | |
 | Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.) - United States - 1914 - 720 pages
...capture of Savannah to the President in the following message: "I beg to present you as a Christinas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition; also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." 555. The Federal Victory at Nashville. Hood, having... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 566 pages
...town, occupied the city and the next day Sherman formally took possession. On the 22d he telegraphed Lincoln: ' ' I beg to present you as a Christmas gift...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton."! CHAP TEE XLIXI, strength until it numbered from 40,000 to 45,000, its three corps being FRANKLIN AND... | |
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