In December 1864 as William Sherman moved in on Savannah, he found that even though a scant ten miles away, he still has “miles and miles to go before he sleeps, for he had promises to keep”. You see, General Sherman promised to “give Savannah to President Lincoln for a Christmas present”, and Christmas was fast approaching. Thus it was that group of harassed Yankees that pitched a camp astride the Central of Georgia Railway at Pooler Station that cold December 9, 1864. Sherman stepped out of his headquarters tent, 300 yards west of the station and peered down the long, straight stretch of rails into the very heart of this seaside city of Savannah, which he was besieging.