Sherman Burns Columbia, SC
An excerpt from a letter written by Lynch’s sister, Sister Antonia of the Purification, OSU, on Sherman’s burning of Columbia, SC, April 20, 1865.
(from first page) “She told me when that city was bombarded in the evening Sister E. with two companions and all the children each carrying a blanket & pillow walked out to your house in the country. Then they returned in hopes nothing would befall them. [General] Sherman was sent for, he sent six men to protect them but they were their worst enemies for one of them carrying a burning torch up to the third story - soon had the house in flames …”
