City officials surrender Charleston, South Carolina, to Federal forces this morning. The city’s devastation symbolizes the Confederacy’s struggle.
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City officials surrender Charleston, South Carolina, to Federal forces this morning. The city’s devastation symbolizes the Confederacy’s struggle.
William T. Sherman’s Federals capture the South Carolina capital of Columbia. The city endures the worst destruction inflicted on any city during the war.