Most blame is leveled at Gen. William T. Sherman, the intense, red-headed Union general known to his men as “Uncle Billy,” whose blatant war on civilians in 1864 and 1865 left a swath of ...

Who burned much of Columbia to the ground on Feb. 17, 1865, is a debate that has been as heated as the blaze for 150 years. But when Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s troops left, about one-third ...

That conflagration during the Civil War has been written about and mythologized into legend. Hollywood made the city's destruct… On this day, 150 years ago, the city of Atlanta was on fire.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Who burned much of Columbia to the ground on Feb. 17, 1865, is a debate that has been as heated as the blaze for 150 years. Columbia museum depicts 1865 burning of the city ...

Confederate soldiers stand defiant before a Union general, even after the war is over. Winslow Homer, Prisoners from the Front, 1866. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Frank ...

Gen. William T. Sherman, mythic figure in American history, was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1820. His birthplace, the Sherman House Museum, opens for the season April 10, 2024.

Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War. A major dispute over slavery was the primary cause of ...

Most blame is leveled at Gen. William T. Sherman, the intense, red-headed Union general known to his men as “Uncle Billy,” whose blatant war on civilians in 1864 and 1865 left a swath of ...