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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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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 |
| 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-599) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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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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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography
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Confederate States of America. Army fast |
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United States. Congress. Senate fast |
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
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Governors -- South Carolina -- Biography
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Generals
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Governors
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Legislators
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Military operations, Cavalry
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Politics and government
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140220
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South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125570
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South Carolina
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007045836 |
| ISBN |
9780807889008 |
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0807889008 |
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9781469604749 |
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1469604744 |
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