Shriver Mansion, Wednesday, January 22.1— Sherman took Columbia Friday, the 18th. Rebels evacuated Charleston Tuesday, 15th. Today at noon national salute here and everywhere because “the old flag floats again over Sumter.”
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1This date should be February 22. General Hayes was on furlough in Ohio on January 22. — M. Goad; October 13, 2013
