Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln

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Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln was the famous 1864 message in which Union General William Tecumseh Sherman informed President Lincoln of the capture of Savannah, Georgia, presenting the city as a “Christmas gift” during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
telegram ⓘ
archivalStatus text reproduced in Civil War documentary collections ⓘ
conflictContext American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSent 1864-12-22 ⓘ
describedEvent Union capture of Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
describedGift ammunition in Savannah ⓘ
bales of cotton in Savannah ⓘ
heavy artillery pieces in Savannah ⓘ
the city of Savannah ⓘ
describedOutcome Union control of Savannah’s harbor ⓘ
occupation of Savannah by Union troops ⓘ
surrender of Savannah, Georgia to Union forces ⓘ
documentedIn Official Records of the War of the Rebellion ⓘ
eventContext Capture of Savannah ⓘ
famousPhrase I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition; also about 25,000 bales of cotton. ⓘ
genre military dispatch ⓘ
hasAlternateName Sherman’s Christmas gift to Lincoln ⓘ
Sherman’s Savannah Christmas telegram ⓘ
hasHistoricalReputation one of the most famous military dispatches of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasTitle Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram ⓘ
holidayContext Christmas 1864 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium military telegraph ⓘ
militaryCampaignContext Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
placeComposed Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
recipientAffiliation Union ⓘ
recipientOffice President of the United States ⓘ
relatedTo Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
American Civil War ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah

Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
senderAffiliation Union Army ⓘ
senderRank Major General ⓘ
sentBy William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
sentTo Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
significance boosted Northern morale in December 1864 ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of Sherman’s total war strategy ⓘ
provided Lincoln with a major victory to report shortly before his second inauguration ⓘ
symbolized Union military success late in the Civil War ⓘ
temporalContext late stages of the American Civil War ⓘ
tone triumphant ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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March to the Sea → notableEvent → Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln → hasTitle → Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram ⓘ
linked to: Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln
Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln → hasAlternateName → Sherman’s Christmas gift to Lincoln ⓘ
linked to: Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln
Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln → hasAlternateName → Sherman’s Savannah Christmas telegram ⓘ
linked to: Sherman’s Christmas gift telegram to Abraham Lincoln