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1 online resource (xviii, 616 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans. |
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Civil War America
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Civil War America (Series)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-599) and index. |
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I. PATERNALISM. The patriarchs -- The young knight -- A father as well as a brother -- II. CHIVALRY. The Apian way of the constitution -- Manassas: baptism of fire -- Long winter on the Occoquan -- As soon as we whip all the Yankees, I can come home: the peninsula -- Riding with Stuart -- Raiding on the Rappahannock -- Winter of discontent:1863 -- Brandy Station to Gettysburg -- The home front -- Division commander: November 1863 to May 1864 -- If we are successful now: May 1864 -- The test at Trevilian -- Hampton's cavalry: June-July 1864 -- The cavalry always fight well now: July-September 1864 -- My son, my son! -- Disaster -- The search for vindication -- Consider the position in which I find myself -- His solemn obligation: 1865-1866 -- Hampton, Sherman, and the Yankees -- Conquered provinces -- Another battle and a retreat -- Hampton and the Ku Klux Klan -- Hurrah for Hampton -- Interregnum -- Victory -- Promises to keep -- And now would you turn your backs on them?: 1878-- You cannot expect us to apologize -- Senator Hampton -- Hampton versus Tillman -- Time makes all things even -- God bless them all -- The fable of Hampton, "Major S," and a Union private. |
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| Summary |
Few Southern elites gave more to the Confederate cause or suffered more in its defeat than General Wade Hampton III of South Carolina. One of the South's most illustrious military leaders, Hampton 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. He lost a beloved son and a brother, his own home as well as his grandfather's ancestral mansion, and his vast personal fortune. He failed to deter Sherman's legions from capturing his hometown o. |
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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902.
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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902. |
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
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Confederate States of America. Army. |
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Biographies.
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. Senate. |
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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902. |
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography. |
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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Hampton, Wade. |
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Hampton, Wade. |
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Generals. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.
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Governors -- South Carolina -- Biography.
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Governors. |
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South Carolina. |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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United States. |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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Politics and government. |
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1865-1950 |
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1861-1950 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Andrew, Rod. Wade Hampton. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007045836 (OCoLC)180989593 |
| ISBN |
9780807889008 (electronic book) |
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0807889008 (electronic book) |
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9781469604749 (electronic book) |
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1469604744 (electronic book) |
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9780807831939 (alkaline paper) |
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080783193X (alkaline paper) |
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