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The Fall of
Columbia, South Carolina
In February, 1865, depleted Confederate troops in South Carolina were divided, with half protecting the port city of Charleston. Reinforcements were requested from Gen. Lee, who had none to spare. All that Gen. Wade Hampton could spare was a division of riders. An army of old men and boys, including cadets from the Citadel, met Gen. Sherman's troops. They could not hold the city, and when it fell, Sherman's men looted and burned it.
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The Burning of Columbia
“There
was a grim determination on the part of the men in the ranks to visit a
severe judgment on South Carolina. We practically burned a swath
60 miles wide across. The Commanders were powerless. This
destruction of property was a matter of revenge.” Private John C.
Arbuckle, Company K, Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry
"It was the most monstrous barbarity of the barbarous march." - Whitlaw Reid
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