IT'S NOT TERRORISM IF YOU WIN THE WAR:

The Destruction of Charleston in the Civil War: Photographs from the 1860s reveal how Union bombardment and a blazing fire devastated much of the South Carolina city (Ray Gordon and Molly Roberts, March 23, 2011, Smithsonian.com)

Confederate forces abandoned Charleston on February 15, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman threatened to raze the city during his “March to the Sea.” In May 1865, Sherman toured the city, proclaiming that “Any one who is not satisfied with war should go to Charleston and he will pray louder and deeper than ever that, the country, in its long future be spared any more war.”

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