AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Savannah, Georgia
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Richmond, Virginia
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Tecumsah Sherman to President Abraham Lincoln, presenting the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift, December 22, 1864.
Detailed explanation-2: -His Excellency President LINCOLN: 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -This short telegram, from William Tecumseh Sherman to Abraham Lincoln, is dated December 22, 1864. “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 wrote.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a December 22 telegram Sherman presented to President Lincoln an early Christmas gift, the spared city of Savannah (complemented by 150 heavy guns, abundant ammunition, and 25, 000 bales of cotton).
Detailed explanation-5: -Sherman’s Headquarters in Savannah General William T. Sherman captured Savannah in December 1864 and presented the city along with 25, 000 bales of cotton to President Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present.