Keywords: outdoor ruins architecture monochrome This photo displays the destruction the Confederate states faced after the close of the Civil War. This photo displays the destruction the Confederate states faced after the close of the Civil War. Ruins in Columbia, South Carolina - NARA - 533428.jpg Scope and content On February 17 1865 in the last months of the Civil War much of Columbia was destroyed by fire while being occupied by Union troops under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman Columbia South Carolina in the American Civil War General notes Use War and Conflict Number 246 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image 533428 Local identifier 165-SC-55 War Department 1789 - 09/18/1947 NARA-Author Barnard George N 1819-1902 Photographer 2641792 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 ~ 1862 1865 Record group Record Group 165 Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs 1860 - 1952 Record group ARC 494 Selected Views from Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign by George N Barnard Photographer compiled 1862 - 1865 Series ARC 533373 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-165-SC-55 Other versions <gallery> File Ruins_in_Columbia _South_Carolina_-_NARA_-_533428 tif tif </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov American Civil War destruction Columbia History of Columbia South Carolina 1865 Sherman's March Ruins in South Carolina Columbia South Carolina in the American Civil War Columbia 1865 in South Carolina George N Barnard NARA images of South Carolina Columbia This photo displays the destruction the Confederate states faced after the close of the Civil War. |