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Definition: Hampton, Wade from Chambers Biographical Dictionary

1818-1902

US soldier

He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the grandson of Wade Hampton. In the Civil War (1861-65) he raised "Hampton's Legion". As brigadier-general he commanded a cavalry force (1862-63), was wounded at Gettysburg, received the command of Robert E Lee's cavalry (1864), and served in South Carolina against William Sherman (1865). He later became state governor in 1876, when he was instrumental in restoring white rule to South Carolina, and was a US senator (1878-91).


Wade Hampton III was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 28, 1818. He came from one of the South's wealthiest and most influential families. His father, Wade Hampton II, owned a prosperous cotton plantation near Columbia, South Carolina. Known as Millwood, the vast estate featured an extensive private library and a large herd of finely bred horses. The younger Hampton grew up riding horses and hunting bears. He received a top-notch education from private tutors. He later attended South Carolina College, earning a law degree in 1836. Two years later he married Margaret Preston, with whom he had five children before she passed away. After training to run his family's plantation for more than a decade, Hampton decided to enter politics. He was elected to the South Carolina state legislature in 1852, spending two terms as a representative and then two more terms as a senator. In 1858 he married Mary McDuffie, the daughter of a U.S. senator, with whom he had four more children. …
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Confederate general. Although initially opposed to secession, Hampton served in the Confederate army during the Civil War , first in the infantry and later gaining fame as a cavalry leader. He raised Hampton's Legion, which he led at the first Battle of Bull Run (1861) and was promoted to brigadier…
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c.1752–1835, American planter and soldier, b. Halifax co., Va. He served in the American Revolution and took part in South Carolina politics, opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and serving as a U.S. Representative (1795–97, 1803–5). He developed large cotton plantations in South…
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1847–1918, U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1895–1918), b. Edgefield co., S.C. A farmer, he became the leader of the backcountry whites in South Carolina and fostered their discontent with the ruling tidewater aristocracy. Supported by the Farmers' Alliance, he was elected governor in 1890 and…
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(born March 28, 1818, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died April 11, 1902, Columbia, S.C.) U.S. political leader and Confederate army officer. He studied law but never practiced, prefering instead to manage his family’s plantations in Mississippi and South Carolina. From 1852 to 1861 he served in the South…
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1818–1902, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Charleston, S.C.; grandson of Wade Hampton (c.1752–1835). Hampton, a wealthy planter, served (1852–61) in the South Carolina legislature. In the Civil War he raised Hampton's Legion, which he led at the first battle of Bull Run. He…
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American abolitionist and military officer Best known for an African emigration scheme he developed in the 1850s, Martin Robeson Delany has been called “the father of black nationalism.” He was born on May 6, 1812, in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), to a free black woman named Pati…
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Portrait of Lieutenant General Wade Hampton (litho)
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South Carolina is a state of the United States, located along the Atlantic coast between North Carolina and Georgia . Unlike those two states, South Carolina has only a very small mountainous area. Most of the state consists of coastal islands, low-lying coastal plains, and a “piedmont” area of…
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