. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ith the intention of joiningJohnston. There were in the neighborhood ofsome twenty thousand inliabitants in the cityof Savannah when Sherman took possession, andthe man who had made a Christmas present oftheir city to Lincoln had no easy task beforehim to preserve order and to meet the manyclaims made upon his time by the responsibili-ties of city government. But .Sherman regardedthe war as practically over and concluded that hewould make it optional with the citizens and theirfamilies to remain in the city under a combina-tion of
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ith the intention of joiningJohnston. There were in the neighborhood ofsome twenty thousand inliabitants in the cityof Savannah when Sherman took possession, andthe man who had made a Christmas present oftheir city to Lincoln had no easy task beforehim to preserve order and to meet the manyclaims made upon his time by the responsibili-ties of city government. But .Sherman regardedthe war as practically over and concluded that hewould make it optional with the citizens and theirfamilies to remain in the city under a combina-tion of military and civil government, or rejointheir friends in Augusta or the still unsurrenderedbut beleaguered town of Charleston, .\fter con-sulting with Ur. .\rnold, the Mayor, the CityCouncil was assembled and authorized to takecharge generally of the interests of those whoremained. About two hundred of the familiesof men still fighting in the Confederate army weresent by steamer under a flag of truce to Charles-ton, but the great majority preferred to remain. DESTRUCTION THAT FOLLOWED WAR
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