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Broad River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
ide of the Congaree river, and without a demand of surrender, or any previous notice of their purpose, began to shell the town, then filled. with women, children and aged persons, and continued to do so, at intervals, throughout the day. The Confederate forces were withdrawn and the town restored to the control of the municipal authorities on the morning of the 17th of February. Accompanied by three of the aldermen, the Mayor, between 8 and 9 o'clock A. M., proceeded in the direction of Broad river, for the purpose of surrendering the city to General Sherman. Acting in concert with the Mayor, the officer in command of the rear guard of the Confederate cavalry, General M. C. Butler, forbore from further resistance to the advance of the opposing army, and took effectual precautions against anything being done which might provoke General Sherman or his troops to acts of violence or severity toward the town or its citizens. The surrender of Columbia was made by the Mayor and aldermen
John McKenzie (search for this): chapter 5.41
n of fire in the jail, and one of the engines being sent there the flames were soon subdued, with slight injury only to one of the cells. About five o'clock in the afternoon, as deposed to by a witness (Mrs. E. Squire), the cotton bales in Sumter street, between Washington and Lady streets, were set on fire by General Sherman's wagon train, then passing along the cotton. But the fire was soon extinguished by the efforts of the witness referred to and her family. I saw, says a witness (John McKenzie, Esq.), fire-balls thrown out of the wagons against Hon. W. F. Desaussures' house, but without doing any damage. No other fires in the town occurred until after night, when the general conflagration began. As already stated, the wind blew from the west, but the fires after night broke out first on the west of Main and Sumter streets, and to windward of where the cotton bales were placed. The cotton, it is testified and proved (Ed. J. Scott, Esq.), instead of burning the houses, was bu
Wade Hampton (search for this): chapter 5.41
the possession of the invaders. But upon General Hampton suggesting that this might endanger the tegard, upon this representation, directed General Hampton to issue an order that the cotton should erate troops. The officer then acting as General Hampton's adjutant (Captain Rawlins Lowndes) speaar squadron of his division; that Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton withdrew simultaneously with him,part of this deponent's command, and that General Hampton, on the morning of the evacuation and the (Rev. J. Toomer Porter),.thus testifies: General Hampton had told me at daylight, in answer to the the 17th of February, deposes the Mayor, General Hampton, while sitting on his horse, observed somty. From that hour I saw nothing more of General Hampton until the war was over. Not one bale of soldiers? There was no allusion made to General Hampton, to accident, or to cotton. On the suce never mentioned or allued in any way to General Hampton or the cotton, nor gave the slightest int[3 more...]
J. Toomer Porter (search for this): chapter 5.41
gs, and in so doing did not wish to destroy one particle of private property. This evening, he said, was too windy to do anything. An esteemed clergyman, Rev. J. Toomer Porter, testifies that the same afternoon, between six and seven o'clock, General Sherman said to him: You must know a great many ladies. Go around and tell themr night in the open air, without shelter from the bitter and piercing blast. About the hour mentioned (3 o'clock A. M.) another highly esteemed clergyman, Rev. J. Toomer Porter, personally known to General Sherman, was at the corner of a street conversing with one of his officers on horseback, when General Sherman, in citizen's atnd this order, he adds, was communicated to the entire division and strictly observed. A clergyman, highly esteemed at the North, as well as at the South (Rev. J. Toomer Porter),.thus testifies: General Hampton had told me at daylight, in answer to the question whether he was going to burn the cotton: No, the wind is high; it migh
G. T. Beauregard (search for this): chapter 5.41
ght endanger the town, and that as the South Carolina railroad had been destroyed, the cotton could not be removed, General Beauregard, upon this representation, directed General Hampton to issue an order that the cotton should not be burned. The proof of this fact is to be found in the written statement of General Beauregard himself. Accordingly, and in due time, the order forbidding the burning of the cotton was issued by General Hampton and communicated to the Confederate troops. The officeneral Hampton assumed command of the cavalry, which he did on the evening of the 16th of February, he told me that General Beauregard had determined not to burn the cotton, as the Yankees had destroyed the railroad, and directed me to issue an order Carolina railroad, which caught fire accidentally from the explosion of some ammunition. This is the statement of General Beauregard himself. It is sustained by the testimony of the officer, high in rank, but higher still in character, who command
J. P. Carrol (search for this): chapter 5.41
The burning of Columbia, South Carolina-report of the Committee of citizens appointed to collect testimony. By J. P. Carrol, Chairman. [We have already published most conclusive proofs that General Sherman was responsible for the burning of Columbia; but the following report of the committee of citizens who thoroughly investigated the question, soon after the cruel destruction of their beautiful city, should go on the record as conclusively fixing the. responsibility for that act of vandalism.] The committee who were charged with the duty of collecting the evidence in relation to the destruction of Columbia by fire, on the 17th of February, 1865, submit the following report: By the terms of the resolution appointing them the committee do not feel authorized to deduce any conclusion or pronounce any judgment, however warranted by the proof, as to the person responsible for the crime. Their task will be accomplished by presenting the evidence that has been obtained with an abst
W. T. Sherman (search for this): chapter 5.41
woman and child may dread us there. Of General Sherman himself the same witness informs us that,the surrender of our town the soldiers of General Sherman, officers and privates, declared that it (February 16, 1865) some of the forces of General Sherman appeared on the western side of the Congants until communication could be had with General Sherman and the terms of surrender arranged. By ry license was allowed to the soldiers by General Sherman. On the afternoon of the 17th of Februafternoon, between six and seven o'clock, General Sherman said to him: You must know a great many lrrest them, but in vain. The soldiers of General Sherman, with bayonets and axes, pierced and cut s during the night he saw the soldiers of General Sherman take from females bundles of clothing andce, and added the following words: Though General Sherman did not order the burning of the town, yehe universal testimony of our people was that Sherman's troops burned the town. Since then I have [44 more...]
The burning of Columbia, South Carolina-report of the Committee of citizens appointed to collect testimony. By J. P. Carrol, Chairman. [We have already published most conclusive proofs that General Sherman was responsible for the burning of Columbia; but the following report of the committee of citizens who thoroughly investigated the question, soon after the cruel destruction of their beautiful city, should go on the record as conclusively fixing the. responsibility for that act of vandalism.] The committee who were charged with the duty of collecting the evidence in relation to the destruction of Columbia by fire, on the 17th of February, 1865, submit the following report: By the terms of the resolution appointing them the committee do not feel authorized to deduce any conclusion or pronounce any judgment, however warranted by the proof, as to the person responsible for the crime. Their task will be accomplished by presenting the evidence that has been obtained with an abst
W. B. Stanley (search for this): chapter 5.41
s, and prevented the citizens from extinguishing the flames. The wind was high and blew from the west. The fires spread and advanced with fearful rapidity and soon enveloped the very heart of the town. The pillage, which had begun upon the entrance of the hostile forces, continued without cessation or abatement, and now the town was delivered over to the accumulated horrors of sack and conflagration. The inhabitants were subjected to personal indignities and outrages. A witness, Captain W. B. Stanley, testified that several times during the night he saw the soldiers of General Sherman take from females bundles of clothing and provisions, open them, appropriate what they wanted, and throw the remainder into the flames. Men were violently seized and threatened with the halter or pistol to compel them to disclose where their gold or silver was concealed. The revered and beloved pastor of one of our churches, Rev. P. J. Shand, states that in the midst and during the progress of the
Rawlins Lowndes (search for this): chapter 5.41
road had been destroyed, the cotton could not be removed, General Beauregard, upon this representation, directed General Hampton to issue an order that the cotton should not be burned. The proof of this fact is to be found in the written statement of General Beauregard himself. Accordingly, and in due time, the order forbidding the burning of the cotton was issued by General Hampton and communicated to the Confederate troops. The officer then acting as General Hampton's adjutant (Captain Rawlins Lowndes) speaks as follows: Soon after General Hampton assumed command of the cavalry, which he did on the evening of the 16th of February, he told me that General Beauregard had determined not to burn the cotton, as the Yankees had destroyed the railroad, and directed me to issue an order that no cotton should be fired. This I did at once, and the same order was extended to the cavalry throughout their march through South and North Carolina. The general officer commanding the division fo
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