Sherman and the Burning of Columbia
Title | Sherman and the Burning of Columbia PDF eBook |
Author | Marion B. Lucas |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2021-08-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1643362461 |
An investigation into who burned South Carolina's capital in 1865 Who burned South Carolina's capital city on February 17, 1865? Even before the embers had finished smoldering, Confederates and Federals accused each other of starting the blaze, igniting a controversy that has raged for more than a century. Marion B. Lucas sifts through official reports, newspapers, and eyewitness accounts, and the evidence he amasses debunks many of the myths surrounding the tragedy. Rather than writing a melodrama with clear heroes and villains, Lucas tells a more complex and more human story that details the fear, confusion, and disorder that accompanied the end of a brutal war. Lucas traces the damage not to a single blaze but to a series of fires—preceded by an equally unfortunate series of military and civilian blunders—that included the burning of cotton bales by fleeing Confederate soldiers. This edition includes a new foreword by Anne Sarah Rubin, professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and America.
The Burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865
Title | The Burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 PDF eBook |
Author | Tom T. Elmore |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Columbia (S.C.) |
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Sherman and the Burning of Columbia
Title | Sherman and the Burning of Columbia PDF eBook |
Author | Marion B Lucas |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2021-08-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781643362458 |
This edition includes a new foreword by Anne Sarah Rubin, professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and America.
Sherman and the Burning of Columbia
Title | Sherman and the Burning of Columbia PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | |
Release | 2012 |
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In this edition of his widely acclaimed study, Marion B. Lucas tackles one of the most debated questions about the Civil War: Who burned South Carolina's capital city on Feb. 17, 1865? Before the fires had finished smoldering, Confederates and Federals accused each other of starting the blaze, igniting a controversy that has raged for more than a century. To determine the actual origin of the fire, Lucas sifts through myriad official records, newspapers and eyewitness accounts. The evidence he amasses allows him to debunk many of the myths surrounding the tragedy. Unlike generations of South Carolinians and students of the Civil War, he does not assign particular blame to William Tecumseh Sherman but implicates both Confederate and Federal troops. Lucas traces the damage not to a single blaze but to a series of fires — preceded by an equally unfortunate series of military and civilian blunders — that included the burning of cotton bales by fleeing Confederate soldiers.
The Burning of Columbia, S.C.
Title | The Burning of Columbia, S.C. PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Heyward TREZEVANT |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1866 |
Genre | Columbia (S.C.) |
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Through the Heart of Dixie
Title | Through the Heart of Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Anne S. Rubin |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469617773 |
Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory
Bentonville
Title | Bentonville PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2000-11-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807862169 |
The battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina, was the Confederacy's last attempt to stop the devastating march of William Tecumseh Sherman's army north through the Carolinas. Despite their numerical disadvantage, General Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces successfully ambushed one wing of Sherman's army on March 19, 1865 but were soon repulsed. For the Confederates, it was a heroic but futile effort to delay the inevitable: within a month, both Richmond and Raleigh had fallen, and Lee had surrendered.