The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 / sketched by W. Waud.

Print shows a large group of Union soldiers under the command of General Sherman, watching Columbia, South Carolina burn; inhabitants, mostly women, flee both the fire and the soldiers.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 432 (1865 April 8), p. 217.
Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.