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The must-have Christmas gift of 1864
Each year in America it seems there is one holiday gift that is heavy on demand and short on supply. In 1996, there was the Tickle-Me-Elmo fiasco. In 1983, it was the Cabbage Patch Doll. In 1864, the gift of the season was Savannah, Georgia, and one Union general was willing to do anything to [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on November 16, 2010, under - Civil War.
Tags: abraham lincoln, civil war, discovering the civil war, humor, odd us history, primary sources, shermans christmas gift, strange but true, surrender of Savannah, us history, weird history
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