 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 842 Seiten
...following characteristic dispatch : " SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, Dtcember 22. " To His EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT LINCOLN : " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift,...twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. "WT SHERMAN, Major- General." 550 551 roads connecting Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, and Savannah. The work of railroad... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1865 - 410 Seiten
...the President this laconic message : "SAVANNAH, GA., December 22, 1864. " His Excellency President Lincoln ; " I beg to present you as a Christmas gift...thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN, Major-General." v In all the world's history of the Christmas times, was there ever a gift so memorable, or one more... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 590 Seiten
...the following brief note to President Lincoln, announcing this happy termination o the campaign:— " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." The number of pieces of artillery captured, as subsequently ascertained by actual inspection and count,... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 574 Seiten
...following brief note to President Lincoln, announcing this happy termination of the campaign :— " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." The number of pieces of artillery captured, as subsequently ascertained by actual inspection and count,... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 568 Seiten
...following brief note to President Lincoln, announcing this happy termination of the campaign : — " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city...ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of ootton." The number of pieces of artillery captured, as subsequently ascertained by actual inspection... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 Seiten
...of December to General Sherman, who on the 22d sent a dispatch to the President, presenting to him " as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah with one...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.'' The fall of Savannah was not the only success which made the month of December glorious. It was preceded... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 944 Seiten
...SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, December 22. " To His Excellency President LINCOLN: "I beg to present you, аз a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred...and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton. (Signed) "W. T SHERMAN, Major- General." A few days later he issued the following order for the government... | |
 | 1865 - 618 Seiten
...and finesse, Sherman announced his achievement in the following brief dispatch to the President : — "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy yuns and pknty of ammunition, and also about twentij-fivi thousand oakx of cotton." Subsequently, on... | |
 | 1865 - 870 Seiten
...this crowning success of the campaign: ЗАУАМНАП, О A.. December 22. ait Excellency President orgia already understand, and our enemy will soon learn, that lue independent expression of c fiftv heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twentyfive thousand bales of cotton. WT SHERMAN,... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 872 Seiten
...22. " To His Excellency President LINCOLN : " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gin, the city оГ Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and...of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand balea of cotton. (Signed) "W. T SHERMAN, Major- General." A few days later he issued the following... | |
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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. 
