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Stolen Charleston: The Spoils of War

By J. Grahame Long

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781625845498, 9781626190962, 2014021494
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3552802 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-09-28 16:48:24
HIS036010HistoryNonfiction

Description

During both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Charleston was not just a symbolic target but also one of the wealthiest—at least until the shelling started. Once the redcoats of 1780 and the Yankees of 1865 stormed in, nary a church, business or private home was spared fevered plundering. Worse, Charleston's own homefront defenders oftentimes helped themselves to unguarded heirlooms. In 1779, Eliza Wilkinson's shoe buckles were stolen right off her feet. In 1865, Union soldiers butchered several of Williams Middleton's valuable water buffalo and stole the others, some of which were later found at the Central Park Zoo in New York City. Join author and historian J. Grahame Long as he recounts the looting and lost treasures of Charleston.

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