Wade hampton iii biography of donald

  • First republican governor of south carolina
  • Governor of south carolina 1860
  • Hampton was a leading citizen of South Carolina before the war and the highest-ranking cavalry leader on either side during the war.

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    A Book Review: Wade Hampton, III

    For years and years, there was only one full-length biography of Wade Hampton, written in the &#;s by Manly Wade Wellman titled Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. Although it was an early biography and clearly biased toward the Southern perspective, it nevertheless gave full coverage to both Hampton&#;s military career during the Civil War as well as his long-running post-war political career. This book&#;s weaknesses are its obvious lack of objectivity, and its failure to take advantage of unpublished manuscript material.

    The last few years have seen a sudden explosion of new biographies of Hampton. The first one, by Ed Longacre, is titled Gentleman and Soldier: A Biography of Wade Hampton, III. Longacre&#;s biography, published in , provides the best coverage of Hampton&#;s military service of any of the books. It&#;s well written and well-researched (I gave Ed some material for the project). Its coverage of Hampt

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    Gentleman and Soldier: A Biography of Wade Hampton III

    October 17,
    Edward G. Longacre has written many books dealing with subjects relating to the Civil War and has added greatly to the accumulated knowledge of that era. In this biography of General Wade Hampton, the author has igen contributed to general Civil War knowledge but he has also accomplished much more. With this, the first full biography of Hampton since , Longacre has rescued the name of this great soldier from anonymity and introduced him to a new generation of Civil War readers.

    Longacre points out, early and often that Hampton's reputation has suffered the fate of many other highly successful Confederate leaders who weren't from Virginia. This bias against non-Virginians has been a major topic in some of Longacre's other books and the author may well be on a crusade to rectify this situation. It fryst vatten a crusade that fryst vatten long overdue in both academic and popular history.
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    About

    WADE HAMPTON III was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He received a bachelor’s degree from South Carolina College in and remained active in the affairs of his alma mater, establishing scholarships and serving as a trustee there. He also studied law, was a planter and owner of Millwood Plantation, and directed two railroads: South Carolina Railroad; and Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. His public service began with his membership in the South Carolina House of Representatives from to , after which he was a state senator from to During the Civil War, he raised and commanded “Hampton’s Legion” in the Confederate Army, receiving promotions to Brigadier-General, Major General, and then commander of the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. An opponent of Radical Republican policies after the war, he was the Democratic nominee for governor in Although his Republican opponent&#;incumbent governor Daniel Chamberlain&#;appeared by the initial vote count to be the

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