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Capture of Columbia, South Carolina

Confederate Commander

Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton

February 17-18, 1865

Columbia, South Carolina

Union Victory

Part of Carolina's Campaign

American History Central

The Carolina's Campaign of 1865

The Last Confederate Army Surrenders

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HistoryNet.com

The Burning of Columbia from the Union and Confederate Perspectives

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HistoryCollection.com

Sherman's Other March was a Lesser Known, Vengeful Attack on South Carolina

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The Civil War Months

The Fall of Columbia

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Rare & Early Newspapers

Yankees Capture Columbia, South Carolina - February 19, 1865

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New York Times

February 2, 1865

February 26, 1865

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Harper's Weekly

April 1, 1865

April 8, 1865

April 15, 1865

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Union Officers

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Bvt. Brig. Gen. Orlando M. Poe

Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Maj. Gen. John A. Logan

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles R. Woods

Bvt. Brig. Gen. William B. Woods

Maj. Gen. William B. Hazen

Brig. Gen. John M. Oliver

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John E. Smith

Brig. Gen. William T. Clark

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John M. Corse

Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice

Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, Jr.

Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower

Brig. Gen. Manning F. Force

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Giles A. Smith

Brig. Gen. William W. Belknap

Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis

Bvt. Brig. Gen. George P. Buell

Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan

Brig. Gen. John S. Mitchell

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alphesus S. Williams

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel J. Jackson

Bvt. Brig. Gen. James L. Selfridge

Brig. Gen. James S. Robenson

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John W. Geary

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Daniel Dustin

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 167

Capers, Ellison. "South Carolina." Confederate Military History Volume V or XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company,

          1899. rpt. National Historical Society, 2008.

Davis, Burke. Sherman's March. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. p 152-184

Foote, Shelby. "Red River to Appomattox." The Civil War A Narrative. New York: Vintage Books, 1986. p 792-796

Korn, Jerry, Ed. "Pursuit to Appomattax The Last Battles." The Civil War. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1987. p 59-63

Lucas, Marion B. Sherman and the Burning of Columbia. https://dei.org/10.2307/j.ctvln35757. Columbia, SC: University of

          South Columbia Press, 2021.

Slocum, Henry W. "Sherman's March from Savannah to Bentonville." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Volume IV

          Part II. Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2012. p 681-695

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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