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In the first reissue of these documents since 1865, A City Laid Waste captures in riveting detail the destruction of South Carolina's capital city. William Gilmore Simms, one of the nation's foremost men of letters, was in Columbia and witnessed firsthand the city's capture and destruction. He deftly recorded the events of February 1865 in a series of eyewitness accounts reprinted here.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of South Carolina Press
ISBN-101611170036
ISBN-139781611170030
eBay Product ID (ePID)99474681
Product Key Features
Number of Pages152 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCity Laid Waste : the Captûre, Sack, and Destruction of the City of Columbia
Publication Year2011
SubjectUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Military
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorWilliam Gilmore Simms
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsA graphic account of the horrors, the brutality and sometimes wanton destruction of warfare, particularly of civil war, where sectional enmities and jealousies tend to eclipse humane instincts, Aiken's book is a worthy contribution to the body of studies that continues to emerge on the literary contributions of William Gilmore Simms. Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier
Target AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal973.7380975771