United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.099831864General William T. Sherman captured Savannah in December 1864 and presented the city along with 25,000 bales of cotton to President Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present. Sherman set up temporary headquarters in the Green-Meldrin House.Drawing of the Green-Meldrim House in Savannah, Georgia. This Gothic Revival structure has a flat roof and oriel windows. Palm trees grow in the courtyard.General William T. Sherman captured Savannah, Georgia in December 1864 and presented the city along with 25,000 bales of cotton to President Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present. Sherman set up temporary headquarters in the Green-Meldrim House.image/jpegKing, Edward. The Great South. Edited by W. Magruder Drake and Robert R. Jones. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-march-seaForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-march-seaForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaDwellings--Georgia--SavannahPalms--Georgia--SavannahTrees--Georgia--SavannahOriels--Georgia--SavannahSherman's March to the SeaGothic revival (Architecture)--Georgia--SavannahConfiscations--Georgia--SavannahBuildings--Georgia--SavannahCourtyards--Georgia--SavannahGeorgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Civil War, 1861-1865--Confiscations and contributionsSavannah (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891Sherman's Headquarters in SavannahStillImage