maj. gen. william tecumseh sherman was the union commander who burned a path of destruction through georgia.
maj. gen. william tecumseh sherman was the union commander who burned a path of destruction through georgia.
union commander who burned a path of destruction through georgia?
maj. gen. william tecumseh sherman
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the spanish government made a land grant to louis st. germain in 1776. joseph chretien bought the property in 1781 and his grandson, hipolyte chretien ii, inherited the land from his father. the plantation was a 3000-acre cotton farm with over 500 slaves. hippolyte chretien started construction on the mansion in 1831, and the two story big house was completed in 1835, when chretien moved in with his wife felicité. during the civil war, hypolite, in bed with fever, was alerted that the union soldiers were coming to burn down the plantation. several of his neighbors were already decimated. he had the servants help him to the balcony and waved a white flag to parlay with the union commander. it turns out that both hypolite and the union commander were masons. because of this, the plantation home was spared and only the slave quarters and outbuildings were burned. at one point jean lafitte resided on the plantation. hypolite ii died of yellow fever in 1839 and his wife took over the plantation increasing the land holdings to a reported 10,000 acres. felicité used to host poker games with jean lafitte and he taught her how to smoke cigars. there is a story of felicité hearing a break-in occur one night after she had retired. she armed herself and stood on the stairway. as she saw movement, she fired, and shot the intruder in the head, almost decapitating him.
chretien point plantation