Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-12-29
s A " A N N A Ell /!
A CHRISTMAS GIFTT0 THE NATION
$50 GUNS CAPTURED.
$4,000 BALES OF COTTON TAKEN
Capture Of 800 prieoners.
A Glorious VictOrYl
Official Rulletin

WAN DEPARTMENT, Washington, Dec. 25-
p. NJ Major General John a. Dix; New
York: A despatch has been received { is
evening by President Lincoln from General
Sherman 1t is dated at Savannah on Thurs
day, the Old instant, and announces the oc-
cupation Of the city of Savannah, and the
capture of one hundred and fifty heavy guns.
plenty of ammunition, and about twenty-five
thousand bales of cotton. No other particu-
lars are given.
An official despatch from General Fosterto
| to General Grant, dated on the I'D Instant,
at p. NJ, states that the city of Savannah
was occupied by General Sherman on the
morning of the 21st, and that on the proceed
| ing afternoon and night IIardee oscaped with
the main body of his infantry and light ar
tilery, blowing up the iron clads and navy
yard He enumcrates as captured eight hun
drcd prisoners, ono hundred and fifty guns,
thirteen locomotives in good order, one hun
drcd and ninety cars, large supply of ammu-
nitich and mat ,riils of war, three steamers,
and thirty-thr thousand bales of cotton
No mention is made of the present pocition
of IIardec's force, which had been estimated
at about fifteen thousand The dispitccl of
General Sherman and General Foster are as
follows. sa
.S,unnah Gin Dec %, 1sGi-To His
Excclcney, President Lincoln: beg to pre-
sent you us Christmas gift the city Of Savan-
nah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns
and plenty of ammunition, aud also about
twenty ftc thousand bales of cotton.
n. "W. Il. SusRNAs,
Major General
",Genmer Goldcn Gatr, Sarannah Rirrr,
Dec. %, p. Mo lieut. General L. S.
Grant and MAJ. Gen. RI. w. lIallcck / have
the honor to report that have just returned
from Gen. Sherman's headquarters in Savan-
nah. send Major Gray, of my staff, as
bearer of dispatches from General Sherman to
you. and also n message to the President.
"The city of Savannah was occupied on
the morning of the 21st. General Hardee, an
ticipatng the contemplated assaults, escaped
with the main body of his infantry and light
artillery on the afternoon and night of the
goth instant, by crossing the river to til,
Union Caaseway opposite the city The re-
bel iron clads we're blown up and the navy
yard burned. All tho res; Of shc city is in.
TACT and contains twenty thousand citizens,
quiet and well disposed.
! "The captures include eight hundred pris.
oncrs, one hundred and fifty guns, thirteen
locomotives in good order. one hundred and
ninety ears, a large supply of ammunition and
material Of war, three steamers and thirty
three thousand bales of cotton, safely stored
in warehouses, Al these valuable fruits OF
an almost bloodless victory have been, like
Atlanta, fairly WON.
Il opened communications with the city
with my steamers today, taking up what tor
pcdoes we could sec, aud passing safely over
others. Arrangements are nr.ds to clear the
channel of all distractions.
"Yours, &C.,
81. s. FOSTER, Major General"
Tire I.ichm,nd papers yesterday state that
on the ODD instant twenty-sx vessels of the
Wilmington expeditions lad rcuppcared. The
despatch of General Bragg, as published in
Richmond papers, is as follows:
Wilmington, Dec. 23--Twcnty-six YES
soils Of the Federal fleet rcappcarcd this morn
ing. There has been no change since last
Dispatch
This is the latest Intelligence received from
that expedition. EDWIN VI STANTON.
Secretary of War