Before Sherman's troops arrived in the area, the family silver, china, crystal, and family portraits including their Troye horse paintings were taken to York, South Carolina for safety.
The Hampton family plantations in the area including Millwood, the old Woodlands, and Diamond Hill were set ablaze.
There is no proof that this was done under Sherman's orders, but the houses were probably too far from downtown Columbia to have been accidentally burned.
The Hampton-Preston House in Columbia was spared.

All that remained of the original Millwood were the twelve columns, the smoke house, the wing house, and a portion of the stable.
Sometime later, the six shorter columns that were in front of the wings were torn down.
Around 1930, one of the round columns toppled.
Its base remains along with the three other round columns and two square columns.

The Miss Hamptons built a nearby cottage after the war.
This was burned by arsonists after the bitterly contested gubernatorial election that Wade Hampton III won in 1876.
They rebuilt a new two-story house around the old kitchen and laundry near the ruins of the original Millwood.
Before Sherman's troops arrived in the area, the family silver, china, crystal, and family portraits including their Troye horse paintings were taken to York, South Carolina for safety. The Hampton family plantations in the area including Millwood, the old Woodlands, and Diamond Hill were set ablaze. There is no proof that this was done under Sherman's orders, but the houses were probably too far from downtown Columbia to have been accidentally burned. The Hampton-Preston House in Columbia was spared.
All that remained of the original Millwood were the twelve columns, the smoke house, the wing house, and a portion of the stable. Sometime later, the six shorter columns that were in front of the wings were torn down. Around 1930, one of the round columns toppled. Its base remains along with the three other round columns and two square columns.
The Miss Hamptons built a nearby cottage after the war. This was burned by arsonists after the bitterly contested gubernatorial election that Wade Hampton III won in 1876. They rebuilt a new two-story house around the old kitchen and laundry near the ruins of the original Millwood.
Millwood (Richland County, South Carolina)