Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Burn, Baby, Burn - Sherman Inferno!

The Burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865

Original - The Burning of Columbia, South Carolina (1865) by William Waud for Harper's Weekly

Reason

While not quite high enough resolution for FP, I think this is an encyclopedic and informative view of a major event in the city's history. Replaces a much lower-quality version that has been in one of the articles ages.

Articles this image appears in

Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, in the American Civil War (this is the one the older version was in), William Tecumseh Sherman

Creator

William Waud

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:52, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 03:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support - looks good—Chris! _ct 19:46, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support, nice. --candle•wicke 16:01, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support Sophus Bie ^(talk) 01:37, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Works for me. howcheng {chat} 06:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 03:43, 2 May 2009 (UTC)