Charles E. Walbridge to his mother writing about his journey through Columbia and the destruction of the city caused by Sherman's march through - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04662.110
From Archive Folder	Charles E. Walbridge Collection
Title	Charles E. Walbridge to his mother writing about his journey through Columbia and the destruction of the city caused by Sherman's march through
Date	8 October 1865
Author	Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	He is on his way to Augusta, Georgia to sell his stock. He thinks Columbia must have been a beautiful city before Sherman marched through. "There are a few fire places left yet, which serve to show what the city was, but most of the buildings are now only a heap of ruins or blank, half fallen walls."
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Business and Finance Finance Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sherman's March to the Sea Confederate States of America Transportation
People	Walbridge, Charles E. (fl. 1842-1866)
Place written	Columbia, South Carolina
Theme	The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Reconstruction
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship	Mother
Civil War: Unit	100th New York Volunteers, H Company