Posted on 02/19/2025 8:17:38 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 18, 1865.
Major-Gen. Dix:
The announcement of the occupation of Columbia, S.C., by Gen. SHERMAN, and the probable evacuation of Charleston, has been communicated to the department in the following telegram just received from Lieut.-Gen. GRANT.
CITY POINT, 4:45 P.M., Feb. 18, 1865.
Hon. E.M. Stanton, War Department:
The Richmond Dispatch of this morning says: --
SHERMAN entered Columbia yesterday morning, and its fall necessitates, it presumes, the fall of Charleston, which it thinks has already been evacuated.
U.S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.
CITY POINT, Va., Feb. 18, 1865.
Hon. E.M. Stanton, War Department:
The following is taken from to-day's Richmond Dispatch:
Columbia has fallen. SHERMAN marched into and took possession of the city yesterday morning. The intelligence was communicated yesterday by Gen. BEAUREGARD in an official dispatch. Columbia is situated on the north bank of the Congaree River, just below the confluence of the Saluda and Broad Rivers.
From Gen. BEAUREGARD's dispatch, it appears that on Thursday evening the enemy approached the south bank of the Congaree, and threw a number of shells into the city. During the night they moved up the river, and yesterday morning forded the Saluda and Broad Rivers. Whilst they were crossing these rivers our troops under Gen. BEAUREGARD evacuated Columbia. The enemy soon after took possession.
Through private sources we learn that two days ago, when it was decided not to attempt the defence of Columbia, a large quantity of medical stores, which it was thought it was impossible to remove, were destroyed. The female employes of the Treasury Department had been previously sent off to Charlotte, South Carolina, a hundred miles north of Columbia. We presume the Treasury lithographic establishment was also removed, although as to this we have no positive information.
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“The general opinion is that [SHERMAN] will go to Charleston and establish a base there; but we confess that we do not see what need he has of a base.” LOL
” Glorious news “?
To the war worshipping New York Times, maybe. But, not to those in the path of Sherman’s murderous rampage.
He needlessly destroyed beautiful priceless Southern antebellum homes in his path of destruction.
he rightly burned out the place that was the homeland for Treason against the US.
your traitorous rebellion is about to be over, and way too late.
Rubbish. Southerners were proud patriots fighting for their States rights.
These constant reminders of upsetting events are annoying and actually painful, dredging up thoughts and feelings best left in the past. “Glorious”? Only to the merciless and remorseless who would revel in the vanquishing of people defending their homes and lives. Isn’t it bad enough that it happened? These frequent postings certainly don’t seem popular. I wonder what their purpose is then, considering they have proven rarely if ever to generate any conversation whatsoever. I know they always make me cringe with sadness and anger and I’m always sorry I had to see it once again.
The ones who fought for the Confederacy were traitors plus the Confederate government was half socialist. Trump’s hero is Andrew Jackson, and he would have made Lincoln look like a church mouse.
But as a daily reader of first his six-year WW2 series and now in the fourth year of this CW series, I am exceedingly grateful for his tremendous efforts--as are, presumably, the numerous people on his extensive ping list. As we near Appomattux, I only wonder if Professor Simpson might be preparing yet another compelling series.
I’m always sorry I had to see it once again.
War is hell.
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