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What city was offered to Lincoln as a Christmas gift from Sherman?
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What city was offered to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift from Sherman?
Which Southern city did Sherman present to Lincoln as a Christmas gift
When did general sherman lead the march to the sea?
Starting mid-November 1864, liberating Savannah in Christmas week. (He jokingly offered the city to Lincoln as a Christmas present.)
What was sherman's Christmas present to Lincoln?
The City of Savannah - in other words, the triumphant end of the March to the Sea. Sherman was celebrating his first chance to send signals to Washington, when he linked up with the US Navy. (Across Georgia, the wires had been cut.) As it was Christmas week, he offered the city to Lincoln as a joke-present.
What did sherman offer lincoln as a Christmas present in 1864?
The City of Savannah - he had ended his crossing of Georgia there on Christmas Eve.
Which civil war commander announced the city of Savannah as a Christmas present to the President and the country?
It was General William T. Sherman who offered the city of Savannah (Georgia) to President Lincoln as a Christmas present. With the city having fallen to the Union troops commanded by Sherman, he sent a telegraph message to the president on December 22, 1864, announcing the "gift".
What date did Sherman's march to the sea end?
Christmas Eve 1864 - he sent Lincoln a joke-telegram offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.
What city did General Sherman present to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift in 1864?
The Confederate city of Savannah. William P. Sherman had finished his historical march to the sea, starting off by capturing Georgia and ripping his way to the east coast. His final city he overthrew was the city of Savannah , which he gave to his idol President Lincoln as a rather large Christmas gift.
What did sherman mean when he presented the city Savannah to loncoln?
This was a humorous reaction to the end of the March to the Sea, when Sherman was able to contact Grant and Lincoln for the first time in six weeks (because the wires had been cut), and he discoveed on December 24th that the Confederates had fled from Savannah, so there wouldn't be a destructive battle in that beautiful city. To celebrate the re-occupation of Savannah, he jokingly offered it to Lincoln as a Christmas present.
What did Sherman give Lincoln after the March to the Sea?
A joke greeting by telegraph, offering him the city of Savannah, which he had just occupied, as a Christmas present.
What present did sherman give Lincoln after his march to sea?
The Confederate city of Savannah. William P. Sherman had finished his historical march to the sea, starting off by capturing Georgia and ripping his way to the east coast. His final city he overthrew was the city of Savannah , which he gave to his idol President Lincoln as a rather large Christmas gift.
Present that Sherman gave Abraham Lincoln?
The Confederate city of Savannah. William P. Sherman had finished his historical march to the sea, starting off by capturing Georgia and ripping his way to the east coast. His final city he overthrew was the city of Savannah , which he gave to his idol President Lincoln as a rather large Christmas gift.
What present did sherman give Lincoln after his march to the sea?
A joke-telegram offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present. (Sherman had reached Savannah at Christmas, havng been incommunicado for six weeks because the telegraph lines had been cut. The famous joke was communicated via ships of the US Navy.)
