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Sherman burns Columbia, South Carolina...
Sherman burns Columbia, South Carolina...
Item # 682977
March 02, 1865
THE WORLD, New York, March 2, 1865
* The burning of Columbia SC
* General William T. Sherman
Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald.
Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War: "SHERMAN'S ARMY" "Columbia, S.C., Reported to Have Been Burned" "Gen. Sherman's Army Advancing on Charlotte & Florence" "Capture of Augusta" "VIRGINIA" "Important Intelligence from Gen. Grant's Army" "Great Panic in Richmond" "Flight of Rebel Congressmen" "Open Talk of Evacuating the Rebel Capital" "What Are the Rebels Doing?" and more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
history notes: In March 1865, near the end of the Civil War, the city of Columbia, South Carolina, was devastated by one of the most controversial events of the conflict—the burning of the state capital after its capture by Union forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman. On February 17, Sherman’s army entered Columbia following the Confederate evacuation, and almost immediately fires spread throughout the city. Many structures had already been set ablaze by retreating Confederates who destroyed cotton bales in the streets to prevent their capture, but Union soldiers were also widely blamed for setting or failing to control flames that consumed much of the downtown. The destruction left large portions of Columbia in ruins, reducing homes, businesses, churches, and public buildings to ashes. Responsibility for the burning has been debated ever since, with Southerners accusing Sherman of deliberate vengeance, while Union accounts stressed Confederate actions and the chaos of high winds that fanned the flames. Regardless, the event symbolized the collapse of the Confederacy’s heartland and the brutal cost of total war as Union troops pushed toward final victory.
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