Colonel Wade Hampton, C.S.A.

(Uniform indicates rank of colonel). Raised and funded the "Hampton Legion" at the start of the war and was commissioned as a colonel. Promoted to brigadier general in May 1862, major general in September 1863, and lieutenant general in February 1865. Major campaigns and battles include...

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Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Alabama Photographs and Pictures
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collection	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
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spellingShingle	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Colonel Wade Hampton, C.S.A.
fulltopic	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--South Carolina; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description	(Uniform indicates rank of colonel). Raised and funded the "Hampton Legion" at the start of the war and was commissioned as a colonel. Promoted to brigadier general in May 1862, major general in September 1863, and lieutenant general in February 1865. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, the Peninsular campaign, Seven Pines (wounded), Seven Days', Antietam, Brandy Station, Gettysburg (wounded), the Wilderness, Petersburg, and the Carolinas. Returned to South Carolina after the war and served as governor and U.S. senator. Hampton died in Columbia, South Carolina, in April 1902 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 3. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling	Q0000000253Q253Colonel Wade Hampton, C.S.A.(Uniform indicates rank of colonel). Raised and funded the "Hampton Legion" at the start of the war and was commissioned as a colonel. Promoted to brigadier general in May 1862, major general in September 1863, and lieutenant general in February 1865. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, the Peninsular campaign, Seven Pines (wounded), Seven Days', Antietam, Brandy Station, Gettysburg (wounded), the Wilderness, Petersburg, and the Carolinas. Returned to South Carolina after the war and served as governor and U.S. senator. Hampton died in Columbia, South Carolina, in April 1902 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 3. National Historical Society, 1991.1861-1862 circa1860-1869Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--South Carolina; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsPollard, Charles T.Charles T. Pollard Confederate officers photograph albumLPP40, #12v8539Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00305http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6567
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Colonel Wade Hampton, C.S.A.

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