Sherman and the Burning of Columbia

201 Pages·2000·8.608 MB·English

by  Marion B. Lucas, Bell I. Wiley

Sherman and the
Burning of ColumBia

Sherman and the
Burning of Columbia
MARION BRUNSON LUCAS
Foreword by
Bell I. Wiley
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS
© 1976Marion Brunson Lucas
©2000University of South Carolina
Paperback edition published by the University of South Carolina Press, 2000
Ebook edition published in Columbia, South Carolina,
by the University of South Carolina Press, 2012
www.sc.edu/uscpress
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the paperback edition as follows:
Lucas, Marion Brunson, 1935–
Sherman and the burning of Columbia / Marion Brunson Lucas ;
foreword by Bell I. Wiley.
p. cm.
Originally published: College Station : Texas A&M University
Press, ©1976.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-57003-358-7(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Columbia (S.C.)—History—Burning, 1865. 2. Sherman,
William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820–1891. I. Title.
E477.75.L82 2000
973.7'38—dc21 00-030289
ISBN 978-1-61117-125-9(ebook)
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Contents
List of Illustrations 9
Foreword 11
Aclmowledgrnents 15
Chapter 1. Prologue 19
2. The Evacuation of Columbia 51
3. The Capture of Columbia 72
4. The Burning of Columbia 83
5. The Extent of the Devastation 119
6. Who Burned Columbia? 129
7. Eptlogue 163
Appendix A. Inventory of Ordnance Stores Captured in
Columbia, S.c., February 17, 1865 169
Appendix B. Soldiers Directory of Public Officers in Columbia 173
Bibliography 175
Index 183

List of Illustrations
Map. Central South Carolina
Map. Columbia and Vicinity
following page 96
Ruins of the Palmetto Armory, Arsenal Hill
Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Map. Columbia: Major Features
Map. Columbia: Buildings Burned
Map. Columbia: 1860 Dwellings
Richardson Street north from the State House
Christ Episcopal Church
Office of the South Carolina Rail Road
South Carolina Rail Road freight depot
Ruins of Ebenezer Lutheran Church
Ruins of the Ursuline Convent