Was that Ned Fisk with the horsemen and torches?
It looked like Ned Fisk from West Point who was hard on Orry for keeping slaves.
But decided not to burn the place?
Yes it was. The writers should have had Fisk realized it was the Main house as a good measure, but they left it out.
shareThank you! I thought I recognized him. They did become friends at West Point though, but better that he is persuaded by the ladies of the house than backing off because of and old friendship.
But why was the house to be burned down by the Union army? Was it considered a military target? Or as some kind of revenge, even though Lincoln spoke of rebuilding the nation?
Lincoln spoke of rebuilding after the war.
However, Sherman's Army laid waste to the Confederate States they marched through. South Carolina was given harshest treatment since that was the first state to seccede, thus starting everything of.
Sherman understood that by doing this -destroying the enemy infrastructure- he was destroying their ability to sustain the rebel war effort. In addition, the wealthy planters were seen as the slave owners who had wanted seccession the most, so they could maintain their slave-run economy.
I thought Fisk recognized who owen the Mount Royal and recalled how Orry and George once helped him.
Yes, I think so too, but surely (if I remember correctly) the war was over when Fisk troops reached Mount Royal? What I mean is that destroying it didn't have anything to do with the war effort. I'll have to do some more reading I suppose in the history books.
shareThe damnyankees burned every house they could find.
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