Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer

Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer
ISBN-10
0807889008
ISBN-13
9780807889008
Series
Wade Hampton
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
640
Language
English
Published
2009-11-30
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Press
Author
Rod Andrew Jr.

Description

One of the South's most illustrious military leaders, Wade Hampton III was for a time the commander of all Lee's cavalry and at the end of the war was the highest-ranking Confederate cavalry officer. Yet for all Hampton's military victories, he also suffered devastating losses in his family and personal life. Rod Andrew's critical biography sheds light on his central role during Reconstruction as a conservative white leader, governor, U.S. senator, and Redeemer; his heroic image in the minds of white southerners; and his positions and apparent contradictions on race and the role of African Americans in the New South. Andrew also shows that Hampton's tragic past explains how he emerged in his own day as a larger-than-life symbol--of national reconciliation as well as southern defiance.

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