From 1852 to 1861 Hampton served in the South Carolina legislature. Before traveling 200 yards, they came across Preston lying on the ground; he was fatally wounded and soon died. His library at Greenville, S. C., contains ten or twelve thousand volumes, including about fifteen hundred on American history. He was one of only three officers without previous military experience (the other two being Nathan Bedford Forrest and Richard Taylor, son of President Zachary Taylor) to achieve the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate service. Two high schools in South Carolina are named "Wade Hampton High School," one in Greenville and the other in Hampton. "Stonewall" Jackson time to reach the field. A residence hall at Hampton's alma mater, the University of South Carolina, is called the "Wade Hampton." The 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election is thought to be the bloodiest in the history of the state. We are all related! In October 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia, Hampton sent his son, T. Preston Hampton, a lieutenant serving as one of his aides, to deliver a message. I think that's been a lot of self-reflection for me over the past month, ways I might have dishonored people or not really listened to the black friends or colleagues or people that I work with. Vol. Hampton was reluctant to surrender, and nearly got into a personal fight with Union Brig. Eventually, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Hampton was the winner of the election. Wade Hampton III was descended from a prominent South Carolina family. In September, Hampton conducted what became known as the "Beefsteak Raid", where his troopers captured over 2400 head of cattle and more than 300 prisoners behind enemy lines. At his death it was told that he was the wealthiest planter in the United States, owning 3,000 slaves. Hampton III 3 remarried on January 27, 1858 to Mary Singleton McDuffie. Some Colonel Laurence S. Baker assumed command of Hampton's Brigade after the injury. as Preston Hampton, Mary Hampton, Sally Preston Hampton, Sarah Buchanan Hampton, John Preston Hampton, Harriet Flud Hampton, George Mcduf Wade Hampton, Anne Hampton (born Fitzsimmons), ton, Harriet Flud Hampton, Catherine Pritchard Hampton, Ann M Hampton, Caroline Louisa Hampton, Francis (Frank) Hampton, Mary Fisher Hampton, Margaret Buchanan Frances Hampton (born Preston). Hampton was one of the original proponents, alongside Lt. Gen. Jubal A. [1], Final resting place in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina.[2]. [citation needed], He was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1852 and served as a state Senator from 1858 to 1861. He had an active outdoor life, riding horses and hunting, especially at his father's North Carolina summer retreat, High Hampton. [11], Hampton opposed the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction policies in the South, primarily African Americans being allowed to vote and participate in politics. Hampton escorted Lee's withdrawal to Richmond, fighting at North Anna and Haw's Shop before being detached from Lee's army to deal with Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry destroying railroad in central Virginia. After gaining office in the contested gubernatorial election of 1876, he served as the governor of South Carolina from 1877 to 1879. Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 - April 11, 1902) was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S. After the death of his father in 1835, he was manager of the vast estates. Several weeks later, his right leg was amputated due to complications arising from this injury. His father assigned certain plantations to him to manage in South Carolina and Mississippi. This family owned a vast tract of land in the northern part of the county near the Turnbull family estates. In Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara's first husband, Charles Hamilton, serves in Hampton's regiment. Rhodes, a 30 year old resident born in North Carolina. [16], In the wake of the June 17, 2015, massacre at the Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by white supremacist Dylann Roof, there was a push to remove Confederate symbols in the United States Capitol, including the Hampton statue. Hampton is mentioned in Chapter 14, Section V of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, when Jean Louise's Uncle Jack is trying to get her to understand her father Atticus's actions regarding the citizens' committee after the Brown v Board of Education 1954 Supreme Court decision. Hampton appears in How Few Remain, the first novel in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series, an alternate history wherein the South won the American Civil War. He then studied law but never practiced. [14] John L. M. Irby won the seat in the state elections of 1890. Shortly afterward, Hampton and his other son, Wade IV, rode in the same direction. But he was able to attract loyal, devoted companions from aristocrat to slave who would "cling to him," through triumphs and tragedies. "Hamptons triumphant cause. Hampton was one of only three Southern officers to achieve the rank of Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army without any military training. In 1850 Wild Woods alone produced 5,000 bushels of corn and 453 bales of cotton. Hampton family members owning plantations in Issaquena County included Wade Hampton II and his sons Wade Hampton III and Christopher Fitzsimmons Hampton. In the film version of Gone With The Wind, the letter sent to Scarlett advising her of Charles' death is shown to be signed by Hampton. On July 3, Hampton led the cavalry attack to the east of Gettysburg, attempting to disrupt the Union rear areas, but colliding with Union cavalry. [1] The younger man also became active in Democratic state politics. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). For over six months, there were two legislatures in the state, both claiming to be authentic. He possessed a native reserve that some would mistake for arrogance. 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Wade Hampton IIIwas a Confederate States of America military officer during the American Civil War and a politician from South Carolina. Username and password are case sensitive. He was a strong advocate for states' rights and was a leading voice in the Lost Cause movement. Wade HamptonHampton was offered the nomination for governor in 1865, but refused because he felt that those in the North would be suspicious of a former Confederate general seeking political office only months after the end of the Civil War. He was reelected in 1878, but two days after the election he was thrown from a mule while deer hunting and broke his right leg. He received private instruction and graduated from the South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1836. While Lee's army was bottled up in the Siege of Petersburg, in January 1865, Hampton returned to South Carolina to recruit additional soldiers. The map below shows the places where the ancestors of the famous person lived. He graduated from South Carolina College (present-day the . Senator. in 1921, but is assassinated shortly after by a member of the Freedom Party, an organization that resembles the Brown Shirts. Over his strong protests, a group of friends raised enough funds to build him one. Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hampton,Wade(1752-1835).html, HarpWeek. Smith's division accompanied the rest of Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Northern Virginia down the Virginia Peninsula to aid in the Siege of Yorktown (1862) before Johnston withdrew to Richmond. Agnes Douglas , Alexander Livingston, Margaret Elizabeth Mosby , James Wade. An artillery battery was named after Wade Hampton at Fort Crockett, built on Galveston Island, Texas. Hampton was also extremely close to his sisters and cared for them financially with the death of his father in 1858. Hampton grew up in a wealthy family, receiving private instruction. Hampton backed U.S. Pres. The Red Shirts had used violence in every county to suppress black Republican voting. He married Sylvia J Lawrence in 1958, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. [19] In July 2021, the university's Presidential Commission on University History recommended removing his name from the building.[19]. Back to Top Scope and Content From 1893 to 1897, Hampton served as United States Railroad Commissioner, appointed by President Grover Cleveland. Son of Col. Wade Hampton, II and Ann Hampton In 1836 he graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), and was trained for the law, although he never practiced. His role in the politics of the state ceased until 1876, although he tried to help Matthew Calbraith Butler in the Union Reform campaign of 1870. He and his second wife paid annual visits to the Mississippi plantations. His earlier life was devoted to his plantation interests in South Carolina and Issaquena and Washington counties in Mississippi. Listen to the full interview at the audio link above. Under his father's training he became a good horseman, a famous hunter, and an accomplished fisherman. His was an active outdoor life; he rode horses and hunted, especially at his family's North Carolina summer retreat, High Hampton. Dowling Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 & edited Stanley L. Klos, 1999; Wade Hampton Biography http://www.famousamericans.net/wadehampton/, Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891, Colonel John Heath Sr. [citation needed], During the Civil War, Hampton served in the Confederate army, resigning from the South Carolina Senate to enlist as a private in the South Carolina Militia. He resigned from the governorship in 1879 and served two terms in the Senate, until 1891, but was denied a third term by the Tillmanites in the state elections of 1890. Then, last year, as he listened to the audiobook of Ron Chernow's Grant, he heard about Hampton's 1876 campaign for governor of South Carolina, which Auld says involved a "terrorist campaign, really, to suppress the vote of black people. gnalogique Dowling avec plus d'un demi-million de parents, Wade left all of his real estate in South Carolina to his daughter Daisy, who had been his caretaker. Some accounts credit him with killing as many as 80 bears. Statues of him were erected in the South Carolina State House building and the United States Capitol. He believed the official line that slavery as practiced in the American South was benign and that blacks were racially inferior to whites. The senior Hampton was an officer of dragoons in the War of 1812, and an aide to General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1877 Hayes ordered the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, essentially leaving freedmen to deal with whites on their own. In 1858, Hampton III married Mary Singleton McDuffie (1830-1874). His home in Columbia, South Carolina was famous for its beauty and elegance. Foote, Shelby. Wade Hampton II inherited the estate but decided to give the Houmas to his two step-sisters, Caroline Hampton Preston and Susan Hampton, along with his step-mother, Mary Cantey Hampton. Wade Hampton I (1754-1835), was an army officer and United States representative from Virginia. Wade Hampton III was born in 1818 at 54 Hasell St. in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest son of "Colonel" Wade Hampton II (17911858) and Ann (ne Fitzsimmons) Hampton. in Charleston, South Carolina, USA , United States, Died on April 11, 1902 In 1861, he resigned from the senate and organized and partially financed the unit known as "Hampton's Legion". He was a well known planter and member of the South Carolina state house of representatives from 1852 to 1856 and a member of the state senate from 1858 to 1861. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. He was grandson of Wade Hampton (17541835), lieutenant colonel of cavalry in the American War of Independence, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. president of Confederate States of America. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 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Hampton publicly decried the violence that surrounded the election, but he tacitly countenanced the widespread campaign of intimidation practiced against Blacks and white Republicans by the Red Shirts, the army of armed and often mounted Hampton supporters who accompanied him on his campaign appearances. During the winter of 1862, around the Battle of Fredericksburg, Hampton led a series of cavalry raids behind enemy lines and captured numerous prisoners and supplies without suffering any casualties, earning a commendation from General Lee. An error has occured while loading the map. HAMPTON, Wade, (grandson of Wade Hampton [1752-1835]), a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 28, 1818; received private instruction, graduated from the South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1836; studied law but never practiced; planter; member, State house of representatives 1852-1856; member, State senate 1858-1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, raising and commanding "Hampton's Legion"; three times wounded; made brigadier general in 1862, major general in 1863, and lieutenant general in 1865; Governor of South Carolina 1876-1879; elected in 1878 as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1884 and served from March 4, 1879, until March 3, 1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; United States railroad commissioner 1893-1897; died in Columbia, S.C., April 11, 1902; interment in Trinity Cathedral Churchyard. The 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election is thought to be the bloodiest in the history of the state. Their land holdings extended from Issaquena County to Lake Washington in Washington County, and their plantations included Walnut Ridge and Wild Woods in Issaquena County and Linden in Washington County. Favorites. At birth, Skip Auld was named Hampton for his great-grandfather, whose namesake was Wade Hampton III, a Confederate general and slave owner. Born into an aristocratic plantation family, Hampton graduated from South Carolina College in 1836 and studied law. Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), was a Confederate Army officer and governor and United States senator of South Carolina. Hampton died in Columbia and is buried there in Trinity Cathedral Churchyard. 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Wade Hampton, in full Wade Hampton III, (born March 28, 1818, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.died April 11, 1902, Columbia, South Carolina), Confederate Civil War hero who restored white rule to South Carolina following Radical Reconstruction. In October 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia, Hampton sent his son, Thomas Preston, a lieutenant and an aide to his father, to deliver a message. He came from a wealthy planter family, and shortly before the war he was one of the largest slaveholders in the Southeast as well as a state legislator. But I would basically say be true to yourself and be kind and try to understand and empathize with other people and just do what you can to make the world a better place. In 1868, he became the chairman of the state Democratic Party central committee. It was because of her skin reaction to surgical sterilization chemicals that Halsted invented the surgical glove the previous year. Postcard depicting Wade Hampton III Monument in its original location, 1910. Their children were: George McDuffie Hampton (18591917), Mary Singleton "Daisy" Hampton (18611934), Alfred Hampton (18631942), and Catherine Fisher Hampton (born and died 1867), In 1890, Hampton's niece Caroline, an operating room nurse, married William Halsted, later known as the "father of American surgery" for his contributions. The Wade Hampton Battery was one of four coastal artillery batteries and contained two 10-inch guns. Just one grandparent can lead you to many Of officers without previous military experience, he was one of three to achieve the rank of lieutenant general, the others being Nathan Bedford Forrest and Richard Taylor. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Hampton, a Democrat, ran against Radical Republican incumbent governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain in Charleston. The boy was the grandson of Wade Hampton (17541835), lieutenant colonel of cavalry in the American War of Independence, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. --- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, {{ mediasCtrl.getTitle(media, true) }} The Hampton family was probably acquainted with the Issaquena Turnbull family, as both families had Charleston, South Carolina connections and their Issaquena County land holdings were in the same part of the county. There were 177 slaves on the plantation. L'arbre Well I don't have grandkids. Although Hampton would claim that his triumph owed much to the support he claimed to have received from Black voters, it was in fact largely attributable to systematic efforts by his backers to prevent Black people from voting. Although he had no military experience, his years of managing plantations and serving in state government were considered signs of leadership. Hampton was reelected in 1878 but resigned the following year after being elected to the U.S. Senate. It wasn't a part of family lore, he says, and he always went by his nickname, Skip. by . In the Peninsula Campaign, at the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, he was severely wounded in the foot, but remained on his horse while it was being treated, still under fire. Creator: Hampton, Wade, 1752-1835. Husband of Margaret Hampton; Frances "Fanny" Cosgrave; Margaret Buchanan Frances Hampton and Mary Singleton Hampton He was a member of the Hampton family, whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years. Although his views were conservative concerning the issues of secession and slavery, and he had opposed the division of the Union as a legislator, at the start of the Civil War, Hampton was loyal to his home state. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. A statue of Confederate general and slave owner Wade Hampton III on horseback in the grounds of South Carolina State House. Both Hampton and Chamberlain ended up claiming to be governor until Chamberlain left the state in 1877 when federal troops, who had been keeping a modicum of public order, withdrew. In 1858, Hampton III married Mary Singleton McDuffie (18301874). He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, raising and commanding Hampton's Legion. He essentially ceased most overt political activity until 1876. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. In South Carolina and other states, groups of men calling themselves "rifle clubs" formed to act as vigilantes in the years after the war. He bacame lieutenant of the dragoons in 1811, and was acting inspector-general and aide to General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans during 1815. Wade Hampton III inherited a sound physique and a love for the outdoors from his father and grandfather. At least eight municipalities in South Carolina have a street named "Wade Hampton" (Beaufort, Charleston, Duncan, Greenville, Greer, Hampton, Taylors, Walterboro) and in approximately 47 towns of South Carolina are streets named "Hampton." He strongly resented the use of black troops as part of the Federal government's occupying force in South Carolina. He was the son of General Wade Hampton (1752-1835) and Harriet Flud of South Carolina. [1] After the War of 1812, his father had built his own fortune on land speculation in the Southeast. During World War II, the SS Wade Hampton, a Liberty ship named in honor of the general, was sunk off the coast of Greenland by a German U-boat. One of the non-resident planter families of Issaquena County during antebellum times was the Hampton family of Columbia, South Carolina. After that, he served two terms as United States Senator, from 1879 to 1891. The governor of South Carolina insisted that Hampton accept a colonel's commission.[4]. Corrections? Listen to one another. [citation needed]. An equestrian statue by Frederick W. Ruckstull was erected on the grounds of the S.C. state capitol in Columbia, in 1906. ampton, Harriet Flud Hampton, Catherine M. 'kate' Hampton, Ann M. Hampton, Caroline Louisa Hampton, Frank Hampton, Mary Fisher lly Preston Haskell (born Hampton), Harriet Flud Hampton, George Mcduffie Hampton, Mary Singleton 'daisy' Tucker (born Hampton) Wade Hampton, Ann Hampton (born Fitzsimmons), Hampton, Harriet Flud Hampton, Catherine Pritchard Hampton, Ann M. Hampton, Caroline Louisa Hampton, Col. Frank Hampton, Mary Fisher Hampton, Wade Hampton, Thomas Preston Hampton, Sarah "sally" Haskell (born Hampton), Harriet Flud Hampton, spec ial memorial service in honor of the memory of General. There is also a fire district (Wade Hampton Fire Department) named in his honor placed on the east side of Greenville, adjoining the Greenville city limits, which include Wade Hampton High School. In 1876 he campaigned vigorously as the Democratic candidate for governor, becoming the most prominent representative of the partys then dominant conservative aristocratic (Bourbon) faction. Both parties claimed victory. As it was fashionable (according to Mitchell) to name baby boys after their fathers' commanding officers, Scarlett's son by Charles is therefore named Wade Hampton Hamilton. Two high schools in South Carolina are named Wade Hampton High School: in Greenville and in Varnville. After the Peninsula Campaign, General Robert E. Lee reorganized his cavalry forces as a division under the command of J.E.B. According to the 1860 Issaquena County slave schedules, the Hampton family plantations in the county were the homes to 335 slaves. Hampton was a natural cavalrymanbrave, audacious, and already a superb horseman. "Senator Hampton" redirects here. Hampton first saw combat in July 1861, at the First Battle of Bull Run, where he deployed his Legion at a decisive moment, giving the brigade of Thomas J. He was re-elected in 1878; the Red Shirts gave support but less violence was required. He was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1852 and served as a state Senator from 1858 to 1861. rootsweb: Click Here Later in the series, in the novel American Empire: Blood and Iron, Hampton's fictional grandson, Wade Hampton V is elected President of the C.S. More broadly, the transition of the leadership of the Democratic Party from Hampton to the populist Ben Tillman represented the end of rule by genteel antebellum aristocrats in the South. Volume - Apr 23 1902, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Santa Fe New Mexican. He was the United States railroad commissioner from 1893 to 1897. Hampton organized and partially financed the unit known as "Hampton's Legion", which consisted of six companies of infantry, four companies of cavalry, and one battery of artillery. After the war, Hampton found his property and wealth diminished. The school merged with Willington Academy in 1986 to become Orangeburg Preparatory Schools, Inc. Username and password are case sensitive. They had four children George McDuffie Hampton, Mary Singleton Tucker, Alfred Hampton, and Catherine Fisher Hampton. If so, login to add it. At least eight municipalities in South Carolina have a street named "Wade Hampton" (Beaufort, Charleston, Duncan, Greenville, Greer, Hampton, Taylors, and Walterboro) and approximately 47 towns in the state have streets named "Hampton". He became a lieutenant of the dragoons in 1811, and was acting inspector general and aide to . Historic Columbia collection. He distinguished himself further with a successful strategic victory at the bloody Battle of Trevilian Station, the war's largest all cavalry battle. Wrong username or password. Growing up, Skip Auld says he didn't know much about the man his great-grandfather was named after. Hampton's father died in 1858 and the son inherited a vast fortune, the plantations, and one of the largest collections of slaves in the South. Early life and career His grandson Wade Hampton III, was a Confederate Lieutenant General in the Civil War, the 77th Governor of South Carolina and a U.S. [5] During the winter of 1862, Hampton led a series of cavalry raids behind enemy lines and captured numerous prisoners and supplies without suffering any casualties, earning a commendation from General Lee.