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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Who burned Columbia?--a Review of General Sherman's version of the affair. (search)
n that all the evidence goes to prove that the charge is rash. Colonel Stone received the surrender of the city from Mayor Goodwyn as early in the day as 10 o'clock, and took immediate posession of it, the Confederate troops having been withdrawn bel Stone, it will be remembered, is the officer who, as the official representative of General Sherman, received from Mayor Goodwyn the surrender of Columbia. Fifth. General Sherman did not submit before the Mixed Claims Commission the testimony This is an eye witness of a race and of a party not likely to stretch a point in General Hampton's favor. Tenth. Dr. T. J. Goodwyn,the Mayor of Columbia, who surrendered the city to Colonel Stone, in his affidavit testifies that with a number of bia; fifth, that the Federal forces, under Colonel Stone, of the Fifteenth corps, received the city in surrender from Mayor Goodwyn, and took military possession of it about 10 o'clock Friday morning, the 17th of February, 1865; sixth, that the body
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The burning of Columbia, South Carolina-report of the Committee of citizens appointed to collect testimony. (search)
e. While proceeding to her residence, General Sherman began to express his opinion very freely upon the subject of our institution of slavery. In the midst of his remarks he was interrupted by the sudden and near report of a musket; immediately before them, in the direction they were going, they observed a group of Federal soldiers seeming to be excited, and upon approaching they saw a negro lying dead directly in their path, being shot through the heart. General Sherman, the Mayor, Dr. T. J. Goodwyn, narrates, asked of the soldiers how came the negro shot, and was answered that he had been guilty of great insolence to them, and that thereupon General Sherman remarked: Stop this, boys, this is all wrong; take away the body and bury it. General Sherman, continues the Mayor, then stepped over the body of the negro and observed to this deponent that in quiet times such a thing ought to be noticed, but in times like this it cannot be done. General Sherman resumed his conversation i
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 44: (search)
of the invading column; also that; a monitor was in the Stono, and constant firing maintained, though not, as yet, upon Charleston; that the enemy had crossed the North Edisto near Orangeburg; that McLaws had retired from Branchville to the Four-hole Swamp; and that sixteen transports had appeared in Bull's Bay, north of Bull's Island, on the coast of Christ Church Parish. A few hours after his arrival at Columbia, General Beauregard had a long interview with the Mayor of the city, Doctor T. J. Goodwyn, and, almost at the same time, with Major-General Wade Hampton, who was then in South Carolina with Brigadier-General Butler, for the purpose of recruiting men and horses for his division of cavalry. As they were both of that State, and well acquainted with its topography and resources, General Beauregard requested their assistance in the defence of Columbia. They responded with alacrity, and were forthwith assigned to duty. General Hampton was given the command of the city and it
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 46: (search)
k of hundreds of honorable citizens of Columbia, conspicuous among whom were Dr. Goodwyn, its respected Mayor, and the Rev. Doctors A. Toomer Porter and P. J. Shand—it so destroyed, and by whom? Between 8 and 9 o'clock A. M., on the 17th, Dr. Goodwyn, the Mayor, and three Aldermen, whose names we are unable to give, formally tants until communication could be had with General Sherman. Testimony of Dr. Goodwyn before the Investigation Committee. At 11 o'clock A. M. Columbia was in the orter, in the bright light of the burning city, and on the day following to Doctor Goodwyn, he said that, owing to the indiscretion of their Governor and Mayor, who he was no allusion made to General Hampton, to accident, or to cotton, says Doctor Goodwyn. See, in Appendix, extracts from the Rev. A. Toomer Porter's and Dr. GooDr. Goodwyn's testimony, as given before the Investigation Committee. That allusion was an after-thought, prompted, as General Sherman himself admits, by his desire to shak
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
e ordered to be moved to Winnsboroa. When General Beauregard was advised of what had been done he left the city and also went off towards Winnsboroa, feeling quite unwell at the time. General Hampton then instructed the Mayor of Columbia, Dr. T. J. Goodwyn, to send out a flag of truce to meet the advance-guard of Sherman's army, and to announce that the city was evacuated, and that he had come out to surrender it. This was about six o'clock on the morning of the 17th. General Hampton gave thenty casks of whiskey in one cellar. Your Governor, being a lawyer or a judge, refused to have it destroyed, as it was private property, and now my men have got drunk, and have got beyond my control, and this is the result. Extract from Mayor Goodwyn's testimony before the same Committee. * * * The same day (18th of February) General Sherman, deposes the Mayor, sent for me. I went to see him about 1 o'clock. He met me very cordially, and said he regretted very much that our city was bu