Special Edition: Sherman burns Columbia (March 18, 1865)
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The following comes from the March 18, 1865, issue of The Prescott Journal. “Sherman’s army entered Columbia in the afternoon. They soon commenced destroying the public property. The depots and arsenals were blown up and the buildings in the suburbs containing public stores fired late in the afternoon, a pile of cotton in the street near the Congers House took fire from sparks, and the flames spread to some wooden building which were near, when strong wind drive the flames down both sides of the street. The scene became terrific. Loud explosions continually filled the aim the residences and ground were shaken as by an earthquake, and vast columns of smoke and flames rose to the heaven.
Special Edition: Sherman burns Columbia (March 18, 1865)
Special Edition: Sherman burns Columbia…
Special Edition: Sherman burns Columbia (March 18, 1865)
The following comes from the March 18, 1865, issue of The Prescott Journal. “Sherman’s army entered Columbia in the afternoon. They soon commenced destroying the public property. The depots and arsenals were blown up and the buildings in the suburbs containing public stores fired late in the afternoon, a pile of cotton in the street near the Congers House took fire from sparks, and the flames spread to some wooden building which were near, when strong wind drive the flames down both sides of the street. The scene became terrific. Loud explosions continually filled the aim the residences and ground were shaken as by an earthquake, and vast columns of smoke and flames rose to the heaven.