CSPAN3 The Civil War June 22, 2014
Sometimes they destroyed their own cities as a defensive strategy. Hampton, virginia, arts of atlanta, and most of richmonds Business District got the torch as the confederates evacuated the cities, retreating before overwhelmingly large union army. The thought was that they would destroy their own war material before the unions inventing armies could get at it. The confederates also burned some towns and cities in the offensive maneuvers. During the 1862 and 1863 campaigns into maryland and pennsylvania, during cavalry raids on Southern Union is towns, and during guerrilla campaigns in the bo...