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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... "
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 American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of ..., Volume 5; Volume 1865

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 876 pages
...contrary, claim that wo saved what of Columbia 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 tho manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense in filling it with...
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The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of ..., Volume 3

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...agency in this flre, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what ofColnmbta remains unconsumcd. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as a manifestation of a silly l Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense, in filling it with...
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Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1902 - 622 pages
...agency in this fire, but, on the 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 Columbia, not witli a malicious intent or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly, and...
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The Boys of '61: Or, Four Years of Fighting. Personal Observation with the ...

Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1881 - 674 pages
...agency in this tire, bat, OB the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remain* unconsnmed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton...city of Columbia, — not with a malicious intent, or aa the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense, in filling it...
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The age we live in: a history of the nineteenth century, Volume 3, Part 2

James Taylor - 1882 - 284 pages
...threw the blame of the destruction of the rest of the town on the Confederate General Hampton, '_from folly and want of sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and timber.' A friendly critic exultingly declared that, ' Sherman's line of march may be traced by the...
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Iowa in War Times, Volume 10

Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers - Iowa - 1888 - 720 pages
...of war would have been justified in its destruction. "Without hesitation," he wrote, "I charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia — not with malicious intent nor as the silly manifestation of a silly Roman stoicism, but from folly and want...
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Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman ...

Willis Fletcher Johnson - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1891 - 634 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...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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A Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Joseph E. Johnston: Once the ...

Bradley Tyler Johnson - Generals - 1891 - 418 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, not with malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly 'Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense,...
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The Life of William A. Buckingham, the War Governor of Connecticut, with a ...

Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 574 pages
...agency In this fire, but on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columbia remains uneon«umed. 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 Barnes. But others not on duty. Including...
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The Life of William A. Buckingham: The War Governor of Connecticut, with a ...

Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 574 pages
...any agency in this fire, bat on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columhia remains uneonsumed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton...city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or us the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly and want of sense in filling it with...
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