Picture of Columbia soon after it was burned.
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	Ruins seen from the capitol, Columbia, South Carolina, 1865
	Photographed by George N. Barnard
On February 17, 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Union Troops marched into Columbia, the capital of South Carolina. T.J Goodwyn, Columbia’s Mayor, surrendered the city to him that morning. The mayor requested of Sherman for the citizens of Columbia to be treatment accorded by the usages of civilized warfare as well as the placement of guards to maintain order in the city and to protect the persons and property of the citizens.
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