 | Albert Deane Richardson - 1885 - 644 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Loomis T. Palmer - 1885 - 740 Seiten
...the 25th day of December, President Lincoln received the following telegram from General Sherman: " l 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... | |
 | Punch (London, England) - 1886 - 358 Seiten
...the long run the North must win. On this date General Sherman, writing to President Lincoln, said : " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 500 heavy gun;) and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,00x3 bales of cotton.'' Sherman had just... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 580 Seiten
...Geary's division of the Twentieth Corps marched in. The next day 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." Sherman's entire loss in the march had been seven... | |
 | L. T. Remlap - 1885 - 790 Seiten
...the 251h 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... | |
 | Lew Wallace - 1889 - 724 Seiten
...city soon fell, and on December 23 Sherman telegraphed to President Lincoln : " I beg to present to you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." But his work was not done. He set about the reorganization of civil affairs at Savannah, and then turned... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1890 - 800 Seiten
...hands of the enemy. Slierman announced his success in a characteristic despatch. lie wrote to President Lincoln : " I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift,...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." And thus ended the story of the march to the sea. In his official report of his achievements, Gen.... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1890 - 548 Seiten
...city. It was a brief but a felicitous despatch which General Sherman sent Dec. 23, 1864. r to President Lincoln. " I beg to present you as a Christmas gift...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." There was joy in the White House, Washington, on... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1890 - 536 Seiten
...marched into the city. It was ( a brief but a felicitous despatch which General Sherman sent to President Lincoln. "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." There was joy in the White House, Washington, on... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1890 - 536 Seiten
...a brief but a felicitous despatch which General Sherman sent Dec. 23, 1864. r to President Lmcoln. "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." There was joy in the White House, Washington, on... | |
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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. 
