Question

What major Confederate cities were nearly burned to the ground late in the Civil War?

Answer 1

Atlanta, and Columbia(South Carolina)

Explanation:

Cities were burned by both the North and the South military forces, Grant was often accused of war crimes by the revisionists who sympathized with the Confederacy. Columbia and Atlanta were destroyed by Sherman. Much of the Industrial sections and railroads were destroyed by the retreating Confederate forces before Sherman's forces entered the city of Atlanta.

Grant had bombed Vicksburg to the extent there was little left of the city. The months long siege had reduced the city to poverty. Petersburg the site of the final major battle of the Civil War was reduced to rubble by Grant's forces.