 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...successful. " I disclaim," says Sherman, in his report, " on the part of my army, any agency in the fire, but on the contrary claim that we saved what...remains unconsumed. And without hesitation, I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...Lieutenant-General." General Sherman says, in his Report of the Campaign of the Carolinas : " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of sense, in filling it with... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...families thus suddenly deprived of Mn-)f . •>•, and of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim eneral "Lt.-General US GRANT." To this, Grant immediately replied : "APRIL 8, 1866. " uncoDsnmed. And, without hesitation, I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1865 - 220 pages
...protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter, and of bedding aud wearing apparel. I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly " Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of sense in filling it with... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 590 pages
...shelter and of bedding and wearing apparel. In his official report, Sherman v Ťays :— " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but,...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense, in filling it with... | |
 | BREVET MAJOR GEORGE WARD NICHOLS - 1865 - 404 pages
...to protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter and of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but,...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly "Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of 342 APPENDIX. sense, in filling... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 574 pages
...apparel. In his official report, Sherman says :— " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in thfe fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense, in filling it with... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter, and of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim, on the part of my army, any agency in this fire; but,...remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter, and of bedding and wearing apparel. I ' disclaim, on the part of my army, any agency in this fire ;...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... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1866 - 736 pages
...caused a bitter correspondence between Hampton and Sherman. Sherman says, with Junius-like severity : " And without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense, in filling it with... | |
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I disclaim on the part of my army 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 with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious... 
