I'm afraid the the person who lit the fire was from Orange County. As I 
understand it, he was burning the cotton warehouses and the wind drove 
the fire up the hill from the River.

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> I've never heard anyone say the Yankees burned Richmond. In fact, they put 
> the fire out.
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