Savannah
[sə'vænə]
Definition
(noun.) a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river.
(noun.) a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic.
Editor: Patrick--From WordNet
Examples
- I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Savannah, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, made the trip in 1819 in 26 days. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- No further resistance worthy of note was met with, until within a few miles of Savannah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I must not neglect to state here the fact that I had no idea originally of having Sherman march from Savannah to Richmond, or even to North Carolina. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I went down to the Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then he sealed it and addressed it to Captain James Calhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' Savannah, Georgia. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was intending to remove my headquarters to Pittsburg, but Buell was expected daily and would come in at Savannah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From Liverpool she went to Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Cronstadt and Arundel, and from the latter port returned to Savannah, making the passage in twenty-five days. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- SHERMAN, Commanding Armies near Savannah, Ga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So, too, was the first ship using steam (she also had sails) to cross the Atlantic, the _Savannah_ (1819). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two other divisions, Crittenden's and McCook's, came up the river from Savannah in the transports and were on the west bank early on the 7th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From Millen to Savannah the country is sandy and poor, and affords but very little forage other than rice straw, which was then growing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 10th of December the siege of Savannah commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On receipt of the order restoring me to command I proceeded to Savannah on the Tennessee, to which point my troops had advanced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- With these forces my idea would have been to divide them, sending one half to Mobile and the other half to Savannah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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