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Lädt ... Sherman and the Burning of Columbia (1976)von Marion B. Lucas
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is a thorough and judicious study of a limited but perennially controversial topic in Civil War history. The author reviews and analyzes all the eyewitness evidence for the occupation of Columbia, South Carolina, by William Tecumseh Sherman's army in 1865, and the disastrous fires and riot that ensued. He also critiques the post-bellum investigations and accounts that endeavored to fix blame. He combines his scholarship with an engrossing narrative style and expresses it in crystalline prose. He concludes and demonstrates that there were multiple causes for the events, and assigns blame to both Confederate officials and Union military, as well as to natural forces. But he counters accusations that General Sherman deliberately ordered the incendiarism, and shows that far less of Columbia was destroyed than often claimed. I recommend this book to those interested in the specific subject, but think the level of detail might be tiresome for the general reader. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Who burned South Carolina's capital city on February 17, 1865? Even before the embers had finished smoldering, Confederates and Federals accused each other of starting the blaze, igniting a controversy that has raged for more than a century. Marion B. Lucas sifts through official reports, newspapers, and eyewitness accounts, and the evidence he amasses debunks many of the myths surrounding the tragedy. Rather than writing a melodrama with clear heroes and villains, Lucas tells a more complex and more human story that details the fear, confusion, and disorder that accompanied the end of a brutal war. Lucas traces the damage not to a single blaze but to a series of fires--preceded by an equally unfortunate series of military and civilian blunders--that included the burning of cotton bales by fleeing Confederate soldiers. This edition includes a new foreword by Anne Sarah Rubin, professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and America. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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