The city of Columbia , South Carolina surrendered to Gen. William T. Sherman February 17, 1865 leaving the city open to Union forces to freely enter into the city .
Columbia, South Carolina
General Sherman took his army to the sea at Savannah, Georgia, but the march continued all the way to Columbia, South Carolina.
Sherman was engaged on a punitive raid on South Carolina, the state that had started the war, and Columbia was the state capital. When the burned to the ground, it was very hard to believe that it was not arson, though Sherman claimed it was accidental.
Milledgeville, then Savannah. After they crossed into South Carolina, they burned down the state capital Columbia.
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Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina.
He carried out punitive raids on civilians in Georgia and South Carolina, whose capital, Columbia, was burned down, allegedly on purpose.
Sherman's path was a kind of "scorched earth" policy, as whatever the Union armies did need for their own use was destroyed. During the siege, a fire destroyed 2/3 of Columbia, South Carolina. Sherman had all of the remaining public buildings destroyed as well.
The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina.
After he abandoned his attempt to pursue the Army of Tennessee, he turned South-East from Atlanta and crossed Georgia to Savannah, from where the Confederate General Hardee escaped across the river into South Carolina (saving the fine city of Savannah from a hammering.) Sherman soon followed him into South Carolina, the state that had started the war, and burned down the capital, Columbia. The war ended soon after Sherman crossed into North Carolina.
The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina.
Atlanta. Also Columbia, South Carolina - possibly accidental. (Edit) Atlanta