{"product_id":"sherman-and-the-burning-of-columbia-9781643362458","title":"Sherman and the Burning of Columbia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho burned South Carolina's capital city on February 17, 1865? Even before the embers had finished smoldering, Confederates and Federals accused each other of starting the blaze, igniting a controversy that has raged for more than a century. Marion B. Lucas sifts through official reports, newspapers, and eyewitness accounts, and the evidence he amasses debunks many of the myths surrounding the tragedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than writing a melodrama with clear heroes and villains, Lucas tells a more complex and more human story that details the fear, confusion, and disorder that accompanied the end of a brutal war. Lucas traces the damage not to a single blaze but to a series of fires--preceded by an equally unfortunate series of military and civilian blunders--that included the burning of cotton bales by fleeing Confederate soldiers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a new foreword by Anne Sarah Rubin, professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThrough the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643362458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.55d","brand":"Marion B. Lucas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41261792362677,"sku":"9781643362458","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d11ec984-63cf-47f8-89bb-a949b9694b1f.jpg?v=1634652667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sherman-and-the-burning-of-columbia-9781643362458","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}