A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ard it. But the Confederates,who still had control of SavannahRiver, retreated across that streamon the night of the 20th, andtramjjed into South Carolina. Sher-man entered the city the next dayand wrote at once to President Lin-coln : I beg to present you, as aChristmas gift, the city of Savannah, with loi) heavy guns and ])lenty of am-munition ; also about 25,000 bales of cotton. It was a unique Chris
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ard it. But the Confederates,who still had control of SavannahRiver, retreated across that streamon the night of the 20th, andtramjjed into South Carolina. Sher-man entered the city the next dayand wrote at once to President Lin-coln : I beg to present you, as aChristmas gift, the city of Savannah, with loi) heavy guns and ])lenty of am-munition ; also about 25,000 bales of cotton. It was a unique Christmas giftindeed, and President Lincoln sent back the thanks of the government andnation to the Union commander, his officers and soldiers. One pleasing feature of Shermans entrance into Savannah was the wide-spread Union sentiment which manifested itself among the citizens. They weretired of the war and glad to see this evidence that its close was near. They didnot destroy their cotton or property, but were quite willing to turn it over totheir conquerors. General Geary was appointed connnandant and ruled withtact and kindness. Here we will leave Slierman for a time, and give our atten-. WILLIAM TECUMSEH {1S20-1SS1.) 390 AD3IINIS2RATION OF LINCOLN. tion to the single remaining, but most important, campaign of all—that ofGeneral Grant against Lee. grants advance against lee. When the Army of the Potomac was ready to move against Lee and Rich-mond, it consisted of three instead of five corps. Hancock commanded theSecond, Warren the Fifth, and Sedgwick the Sixth. Beside this, the NinthCorps, which included many colored troojjs, was under command of Burnside,and was left for a time to guard the communications with Washington. Thisforce numbered 140,000 men, and, as has been stated, was the lai-gest numberever assembled by the Unionists. In addition to this stupendous host, 42,000 trooj^s were in and about Wash-ington, 31,000 in West Virginia, and 50,000 in the departmen
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