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Sherman captured Savannah in December 1864.

He had expected a battle with the small Confederate army that had taken refuge in the city, but they escaped across the river into South Carolina, so it was a bloodless victory.

As Sherman reached the coast and made contact with the US Navy, he was able to signal Washington for the first time in six weeks, as all the wires had been cut. He used the opportunity to send Lincoln a joke-telegram offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.

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