 | United States - 1895 - 578 pages
...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 Christmas...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... | |
 | Joseph T. Derry - Confederate States of America - 1895 - 454 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 pages
...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... | |
 | Albion W. Tourgée - United States - 1896 - 508 pages
...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... | |
 | United States - 1896 - 752 pages
...that famous despatch, which sent such gladness to the hearts of loyal men throughout the Union : — " I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, and about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." It is hardly possible... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - United States - 1896 - 750 pages
...famous despatch, which sent such gladness to the hearts of loyal men throughout the Union : — " 1 beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, and about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." It is hardly possible... | |
 | Mary Platt Parmele - United States - 1896 - 348 pages
...dispatch to President Lincoln. " DECEMBER. 22, 1864. To His Excellency, President Lincoln, Washington, DC: I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the City of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and about 20,000 bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN." In the meantime Grant had been moving... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - United States - 1897 - 422 pages
...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 - History - 1897 - 524 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
