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Sack and Destruction of Columbia, S. C. [1865] Kindle Edition

by William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A firsthand detailed account of this event by the leading author in the antebellum South who "was upward of thirty years one of the most prolific and one of the most popular of American authors." Simms' graphic word picture of this premeditated hate crime against a region as well as a city--in which his own home and possessions were destroyed--is 84 pages of primary source material.
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    100 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    June 22, 2009
  5. File size
    327 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002EAZH48
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Strait Gate Publications, Charlotte, North Carolina (June 22, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 22, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 327 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars First hand historical account of the burning of Columbia
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2017
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Filled with bits of information I had never heard before..incredibly interesting. This account was written right after the burning and destruction.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent First-Hand Account of Sherman's Destructive Nature
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2012
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William Gilmore Simms is one of the great writers of the 19th century. He writes this account revealing his zeal for the South, disdain for the North, and actual first hand account of what he saw Sherman's Army do in Columbia, S.C. in Februay 1865. This is a must read for anyone interested in knowing what it was like to live through Sherman's destruction of the South during the Civil War.
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Marc-anton Andre
3.0 out of 5 stars als Zeitdokument verwertbar
Reviewed in Germany on August 21, 2013
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Da die Masse der Literatur über Shermans Vernichtungsfeldzug aus nordstaatlicher Sicht geschrieben ist, hat man oft kein Bild davon, wie es den Opfern dabei ergangen ist. Hier nun mal ein Bericht eines Zeitgenossen, der das alles auch persönlich erlebt hat. Vergleicht man die beschriebenen Taten allerdings mit den Greueln in anderen Kriegen davor und danach, mag man sich schon wundern, worüber bzw. auf welch hohem Niveau die Opfer da jammern. Da wird einem Bewohner schon mal die Kutsche geklaut oder das Wohnzimmer verwüstet. Möglicherweise hat der Autor sich mit echten Grausamkeiten auch zurückgehalten, weil sich das damals nicht gehörte. Immerhin werden diese gelegentlich vorsichtig angedeutet. Zumindest war der Mann damals schon alt, was seinen Stil noch etwas antiquierter erscheinen läßt. Wer eine intesivere Beschreibung sucht, dem sei Doctorows "Der Marsch", ein mit Tatsachen verwobener fiktiver Roman, empfohlen.
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