During the American Civil War on July 30th , 1864
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It was burned to the ground during Union Generals Tecumseh Sherman Total War.
The September 11th attacks in recent memory. Otherwise, the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 during WWII. Even earlier, the British burned down the White House during the War of 1812.
The south was poorer than the north already, and war is expensive. Plus the union armies burned down a lot of the south (especially Sherman).
They would either back down, as during the Cuban Missile Crisis; or fight a limited war (Limited to conventional weapons) such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant James Magellan was a pilot for the Marine Corp during the Vietnam war. His plane was shot down and he lost hos life during the war.