Civil War Christmas gifts
General Sherman to President Lincoln
(Telegram offering Savannah, Georgia as a Christmas present)
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December 22, 1864 Dec 25— Dec. 25, 1864.
Savannah Ga Dec 22. 1864
Via Ft. Monroe Va Dec 25.
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the City of Savannah with 150 heavy guns & plenty of ammunition & also about 25.000 bales of cotton.
W. T. Sherman
Major Genl
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