Shriver Mansion. — 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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* Misdated as Tuesday,
January 22, 1865. January 22, 1865 fell on Sunday while February 22, 1865 fell
on Wednesday. See previous diary entries of February 14, 1865 & February 21,
1865 for further details of other misdated diary entries.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary
and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 560
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