 | John Henry Kennaway - Reconstruction - 1867 - 352 pages
...contemplate. Charleston and Wilmington were successively supposed to be the objects of Sherman's advance ; 0 ' I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, from his folly and want of sense in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder.' — Sherman's Report.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 876 pages
...protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter arid of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim on tho part of my army any agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that wo saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...laboring to save houses and 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 flre, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what ofColnmbta remains unconsumcd. And, without hesitation,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1902 - 622 pages
...laboring to save houses and protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter, and even of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim on the part of my army...contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsnmed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1881 - 674 pages
...thus vindicates himself in his official report, and charges the atrocity upon Wade Hampton : — " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this tire, bat, OB the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remain* unconsnmed. And without hesitation... | |
 | Bradley Tyler Johnson - Generals - 1891 - 416 pages
...fires, set by Hampton's order, were rekindled by the wind and communicated to the buildings around. I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this...remains unconsumed. And without hesitation I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with malicious intent, or as the... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 574 pages
...inhuman and senseless act was charged upon General Sherman and his troops, to which he replies : " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency In this...contrary claim that we saved what of Columbia remains uneon«umed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 574 pages
...inhuman and senseless act was charged upon General Sherman and his troops, to which he replies : " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, bat on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columhia remains uneonsumed. And without hesitation... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 572 pages
...Inhuman and senseless net was charged upon General Sherman and bis troops, to which he replies : " I disclaim on the part of my army any agency In this in i\ hut on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconmimcd. And without hesitation... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - History - 1902 - 898 pages
...laboring to save houses and protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter, and even of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim on the part of my army...Columbia remains unconsumed. And without hesitation .1 charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent... | |
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And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own 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 lint, cotton, and... 
