Hampton's life and significance in southern history merit close reexamination, and Rod Andrew is just the right person for the task. In this first-rate biography Andrew provides an enlightened portrait of a man driven by personal circumstances as well as southern codes of paternalism and chivalry. It is the best, most careful and rigorous study of Hampton, offering a new understanding of South Carolina politics at a critical time in the state's history.'' VERNON BURTON, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Manly Wade Wellman has found a many-sided subject for his first venture into the field of biographical writing. As Confederate soldier, Hampton was a man of tremendous attributes—great of body, great of heart, indomitable in spirit.
A fresh perspective of the iconic southern planter turned soldier turned statesman
Meade was moving infantry into the area as well , Robert E. Lee hustled his own foot soldiers to the crossroads village . ... On the thirty - first , Wilson's division had driven back Rooney's pickets in front of Hanover Court House .
Hampton said that he was given two of Jackson's brigades, but the other “had to be sent back to guard prisoners.” Charles Marshall, An Aidede Camp of Lee (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1927), 110. 5. Gary W. Gallagher, ed., ...
Wade Hampton and the Negro: The Road Not Taken
While resting at Burwell's bay, this force was vigorously attacked by the scouts and signal corps men, who eventually succeeded in killing and wounding a number and putting the balance to flight. Sixteen dead bodies were subsequently ...
Hampton's life and significance in southern history merit close reexamination, and Rod Andrew is just the right person for the task.
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Wade Hampton III, the Red Shirt Campaign for Governor and the End of Reconstruction Jerry L. West. 8. Ibid. ... Robert H. Glenn was elected sheriff, defeating E.A. Crawford, David G. Wallace, E.M. Kirkpatrick and John J. Wylie.