 | Theodore Henry Hittell - California - 1897 - 882 pages
...Savannah and Sherman announced the fact to Lincoln by sending word that he begged to present to him "as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns, plenty of ammunition and about twentyfive thousand bales of cotton." But — what was far more important... | |
 | Horace Porter - Generals - 1897 - 640 pages
...the 22d the general sent his famous despatch to the President, which reached him on Christmas eve: "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." On December 8 General... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - United States - 1897 - 694 pages
...gunboats. He stormed Fort McAllister, entered the port which it guarded, and sent word to the President: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah." The message reached the " White House" on Christmas eve (1864). Sherman remained at Savannah more than... | |
 | Harvey Marion Trimble - Illinois - 1898 - 466 pages
...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... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - History - 1994 - 278 pages
...Lincoln so devoutly believed. When Savannah fell to his army on December 22, Sherman wrote in triumph to Lincoln, "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 was delighted... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...pessimistic, but his doubts did not disappear until he received a telegram from Sherman on December 25: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition and also about 25000 bales of cotton." During the same time... | |
 | F. N. Boney - History - 1997 - 134 pages
...Lincoln that was rushed by boat to Fort Monroe on the Virginia coast and then telegraphed to Washington: "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." Later he compiled a more detailed summary of the... | |
 | Jacqueline Sweeney - Education - 1998 - 132 pages
...this day in 1864, General William T. Sherman sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln from Georgia: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah." General Sherman meant that he had burned the entire city of Savannah to the ground at the end of the... | |
 | Frances H. Kennedy - History - 1998 - 536 pages
...secession. The Federals occupied Savannah on lhe twenty-first Sherman wired President Lincoln. "l heg to present you. as a Christmas gift. the city of Savannah. with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition: also ahout 25.000 hales of cotton." Estimated Casualties:... | |
 | Andrew Frank - History - 1999 - 148 pages
...Union rule. Sherman graciously sent word to President Lincoln of his victory. "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." In February, Sherman and his men left Savannah and... | |
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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. 
