...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...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." i From a manuscript book by General William E. Strong. Mr. Lincoln got the pleasant message on Christmas...

...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...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Sherman had at last reached the sea, adding lustre...

...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...hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Sherman had at last reached the sea, adding lustre...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." Sherman's entire loss in the march had been seven hundred and sixty-four men. That phase of war which...

...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...