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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 219392" data-attributes="member: 12333"><p>OK History Buffs today in 1864 Sherman began his march to the sea. He had split his army in two and sent half back from Atlanta to Nashville to deal with what was left of Gen Hoods army, whom he had defeated to take Atlanta. He told Grant that he would not send any dispatches but that Grant should trust the Richmond paper to keep him well advised. On Dec 22nd he sent this dispatch to Lincoln  “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.”</p></blockquote><p></p>