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Sherman (Union) expected a battle in Savannah with the small Confederate army under Hardee. But that army escaped across the river into South Carolina, where Sherman would soon pursue it.

Having occupied Savannah, Sherman sent Lincoln a joke-telegram offering him the city as a Christmas present. It was the first time he''d been able to communicate with the Government for five weeks, as all the overland wires had been cut.

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