 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1881 - 926 pages
...troops, under SHERMAN'S HEAD-QUARTERS IN SAVANNAH. 1 Sherman, in a dispatch to the President, said : "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the •city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns, and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton. ' Sherman lost during... | |
 | William Rattle Plum - Military telegraph - 1882 - 412 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Industries - 1883 - 756 pages
...entered the city, and General Sherman thus announced to President Lincoln this splendid triumph : " / beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns, and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton." Waiting at Savannah... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1883 - 412 pages
...entered Savannah. In announcing his triumph to President Lincoln, 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... | |
 | Clara Emma Cheney - United States - 1884 - 574 pages
...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.... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1885 - 936 pages
...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... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - Generals - 1885 - 752 pages
...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... | |
 | Loomis T. Palmer - Generals - 1885 - 788 pages
...the 25th day of December, President Lincoln received the following telegram from General Sherman: " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with a hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales... | |
 | L. T. Remlap - Voyages and travels - 1885 - 374 pages
...the 25th day of December, President Lincoln received the following telegram from General Sherman: " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with a hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales... | |
 | Albert Deane Richardson - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1885 - 644 pages
...enemy's lines. A few days later its leader telegraphed the President : — " I beg to present yon, as a. Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, and about twentyfive thousand bales of cotton." On the last day of November,... | |
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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. 
