 Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of 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 the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...  Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 1189by United States. War Department - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Ward Nichols - History - 1865 - 414 pages
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued by us, may have assisted in spreading the firo after it had once begun, and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the ruin of the capital... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Civil war - 1866 - 688 pages
...oflicers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others, not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...to see the ruin of the capital of South Carolina." It was a pitiful sight to look upon. Men, women, and children fled through the blazing streets, endeavoring... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the fiaines; but others, not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...to see the ruin of the Capital of South Carolina." It will be seen that Gen. Sherman does not charge Hampton with intending to burn the city, which he... | |
 | Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1866 - 600 pages
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the rum of the capital of South Carolina.' The following extract is from Captain Conyngham's book (Sherman's... | |
 | Daniel Heyward Trezevant - Columbia (S.C.) - 1866 - 34 pages
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued by us, may have assisted in spreading the fire, and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the ruins of the capital of South Carolina." I have... | |
 | J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 774 pages
...had long been imprisoned there, rescued by me, may have assisted in spreading the fire, after it had begun, and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the ruin of the Capital of South Carolina." All know what soldiers and released prisoners will do in a burning city, whether set on fire by friend... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued by us, may have assisted in spreading the firo after it had once begun, and may have indulged in unconcealed jov to see tho ruin of the capital... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 836 pages
...been imprisoued there, rescued by ns, 7nay have assisted in spreading the fire after it had oncebegun, and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the ruin of the Capital of South Carolina." It will be seen that Gen. Sherman does not charge Hampton with intending to burn the city, which he... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...long been imprisoned there, rescued by ns, may have assisted in spreading the fire after it had onco begun, and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the ruin of the Capital of South Carolina." It will be seen that Gen. Sherman does not charge Hampton with intending to burn the city, which he... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 842 pages
...duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who bad long been imprisoned there, rescued by us, may have...ruin of the capital of South Carolina. During the eighteenth and nineteenth, the arsenal, railroad depots, machine shops, foundries, and other buildings... | |
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