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Letter from General Wade Hampton on Columbia fire
A long letter argues General Sherman’s reports about the burning of Columbia are false. Wade Hampton asserts no cotton was moved to streets, describes pillage and arson by Sherman’s troops, and claims personal property and homes were looted. The mayor, Goodwin, recounts surrender assurances and the chaos that followed.
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Comunista
S. C
New York Day
Crencral Sherman
Two Carolina
General Sherman
Wade Hampton
Columbia
Court House
Tampton
Hampton
Colombia
Beauregard
T. J. Goodwin
Col. Stone
Fifteenth Corps
Sherman
Gol. Stone
Market Hall
Main-street
Churches of God
Sydney Park
Trenholm
Lovelly
Stark
Wallace
Arthur
Latta
Congress
Morrill
District of Columbia
Saulsbury
Washington
Mowill
Ife
Pennsylyvania Avenue
Maine
Willey
Delaware
Freedmen’s Bureau
Davis
Kirkwood
Mandén