The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 / sketched by W. Waud. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 / sketched by W. Waud., an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 / sketched by W. Waud.
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Few episodes of the Civil War were more charged than the night Columbia, South Carolina, burned on February 17, 1865, the day Union troops under William T. Sherman occupied the city. Staff artist William Waud sketched the scene, and *Harper's Weekly* ran it as a wood engraving on April 8, 1865. Fires spread through the business district and many homes, and responsibility remains disputed: Union officers blamed Confederates who had set cotton bales alight, while Southerners blamed Union soldiers, and high winds fanned the flames. South Carolina had been the first state to secede, which made the fate of its capital especially loaded for northern readers.
| Created / published | 1865 April 8. |
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| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 432 (1865 April 8), p. 217. |
| Subjects | Fires--South Carolina--Columbia--1860-1870. Columbia (S.C.)--Disasters--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208628 |
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