American Civil War: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Columbia" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capture of Columbia">burned</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> forces flee from advancing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States">Union</a> forces.