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  2. Capture of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The responsibility for the fires has been a topic of historical, and popular, debate. The idea that Gen. Sherman ordered the burning of Columbia has persisted as part of the myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. But modern historians have concluded that no one cause led to the burning of Columbia, and that Sherman did not order the burning.

  3. Sherman's March to the Sea - Wikipedia

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    Groce summarized the latter code, signed into law by Lincoln on the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg, as authorizing the Union "Army to destroy civilian property, starve noncombatants, shell towns, keep enemy civilians in besieged cities, free slaves and summarily execute guerrillas if such measures were deemed necessary to winning the war and ...

  4. Columbia, South Carolina, in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Columbia at this time was a virtual firetrap because of the hundreds of cotton bales in her streets. Some of these had been ignited before Sherman arrived and a high wind spread the flammable substance over the city." [9] In 2015, The State identified "5 myths about the Burning of Columbia": [10] Sherman ordered the burning of Columbia.

  5. Carolinas campaign - Wikipedia

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    On February 17, Sherman captured Columbia, SC and Hampton's cavalry retreated from the city. Union forces were overwhelmed by throngs of liberated Federal prisoners and emancipated slaves . Many soldiers took advantage of ample supplies of liquor in the city and began to drink.

  6. William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia

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    William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; [4] [5] February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched-earth policies, which he ...

  7. President Trump announced Wednesday a surge of federal law enforcement into Chicago and other cities as part of a crime-fighting initiative that officials say is different than the government’s ...

  8. Battle of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Atlanta took place during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply hub of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood.

  9. How the Feds Destroyed Backpage.com and Its Founders - AOL

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    But a binder full of thank-yous and commendations from law enforcement officers, and a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report from 2021, suggest that whatever the motive, Backpage did a lot ...

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