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The Patriotism of Illinois: A Record of the Civil and Military History of ... - Page 361
by Thomas Mears Eddy - 1866
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 3

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 842 pages
...any agency in this fire, but on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton...sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains uncoDsnmed. And, without hesitation, I charge Gen. them, as well as by deserters from their ranks, that they tore up malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly 'Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense,...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 574 pages
...agency in thfe fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton...sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including...
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General Sherman's Official Account of His Great March Through Georgia and ...

William Tecumseh Sherman - 1865 - 220 pages
...any agency in this fire, but on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton...sense in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 568 pages
...agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains uuconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton...sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 912 pages
...contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia,...sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames; but others not on duty, including...
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The Story of the Great March: From the Diary of a Staff Officer

George Ward Nichols - 1865 - 414 pages
...claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumcd. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wnde Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia,...sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including...
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THE STORY OF THE GREAT MARCH.

BREVET MAJOR GEORGE WARD NICHOLS - 1865 - 404 pages
...agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton...silly "Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of 342 APPENDIX. sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 878 pages
...contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains uneonBumed. And, without hesitation,, I charge Gen. Wade Hampton, with having burned his own city of Columbia,...malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly u Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of sense, in filling it with lint, cotton-, and tinder....
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History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close ..., Volume 1

Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 944 pages
...contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And without hesitation I charge Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of...
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