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Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902) was the scion of one of the richest families in the ante-bellum South, owning thousands of acres of cotton land in South Carolina and Mississippi, as well as thousands of slaves.
Wade Hampton (c. 1750 – February 4, 1835) was an American military officer, planter and politician. A two-term U.S. congressman, he may have been the wealthiest planter , and one of the largest slave holders in the United States, at the time of his death.
Hampton's Legion was an American Civil War military unit of the Confederate States of America, organized and partially financed by wealthy South Carolina planter Wade Hampton III. Initially composed of infantry , cavalry , and artillery battalions, elements of Hampton's Legion participated in virtually every major campaign in the Eastern ...
Wade Hampton I (1752–1835), American soldier in Revolutionary War and War of 1812 and U.S. congressman Wade Hampton II (1791–1858), American plantation owner and soldier in War of 1812 Wade Hampton III (1818–1902), American Civil War soldier and politician; elected Governor and Senator of South Carolina, opponent of Reconstruction
Wade Hampton II (April 21, 1791 – February 10, 1858) was a United States Army officer, planter and politician who served in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Hampton family , whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years.
The commencement ceremony for Wade Hampton High School class of 2024 was held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Monday, May 20, 2024.
Wade Hampton I (c. 1752 – 1835), American general, Congressman, and planter. One of the largest slave-holders in the country, he was alleged to have conducted experiments on the people he enslaved. [138] [139] Wade Hampton II (1791–1858), American soldier and planter with land holdings in three states. He held a total of 335 slaves in ...
The Bloody South Carolina Election of 1876: Wade Hampton III, the Red Shirt Campaign for Governor and the End of Reconstruction (McFarland, 2010); the author is unaware of recent scholarship on Reconstruction and, "The result is a book that is at best uneven and at worst untrustworthy," says historian Randall Miller in Civil War Book Review ...