A ranar 17 ga Fabrairu, 1865, a cikin watanni na karshe na yakin basasa, yawancin Columbia sun lalace ta wuta yayin da sojojin Union ke karkashin jagorancin Janar William Tecumseh Sherman. Jeff Goodwyn, magajin garin Columbia, ya aika da William B. Stanley da Thomas W. Radcliffe don su mika birnin ga sojojin Sherman. A cewar labari, Ikilisiyar Baptist ta farko ta Columbia ta rasa rashin cin wuta da sojojin Sherman suka yi.
Ƙasar Columbia