 | John Denison Champlin - 1881 - 626 Seiten
...Charleston, and the next morning the Union troops took possession. Sherman wrote to the President: "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." This message reached the President on Christmas eve,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 926 Seiten
...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 - 1882 - 412 Seiten
...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 - 1883 - 756 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 - 1884 - 574 Seiten
...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 - 1885 - 936 Seiten
...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 - 1885 - 752 Seiten
...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 - 1885 - 788 Seiten
...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 - 1885 - 374 Seiten
...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... | |
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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. 
