He became a senior general in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He also had a career as a leading Democratic politician in state and national affairs.

Jan 14, 2013 · Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III of South Carolina did not formally submit to federal authorities until May 15, 1865, a full 19 days after his superior, General Joseph E. Johnston, surrendered the Army of Tennessee to General William T. Sherman at …

Nov 6, 2009 · Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) was a South Carolina plantation owner and politician who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). He personally organized “Hampton’s...

Dec 11, 2024 · Wade Hampton III was a Confederate States of America military officer during the American Civil War and a politician from South Carolina. He was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1852 and served as a state Senator from 1858 to 1861.

Wade Hampton admired the keen, tactical soldier and inspirational leader that Stuart could be, while privately deprecating Stuart’s fondness for conducting the Confederate equivalent of a medieval court full of gaiety, pomp, display, and flirtation.

Jan 22, 2025 · Despite his aversion to secession, Hampton took up arms for his home state when South Carolina opted to leave the Union on December 20, 1860. Enlisting as a private in the South Carolina Militia, Hampton took part in the assault on Fort Sumter in April 1861.

Apr 22, 2021 · General Wade Hampton III stands alone as one of the greatest warriors of all time. General Hampton was wounded more than five times in the service of his country. He raised troops, arms and money for the service of the Confederacy.

During the War of 1812, Hampton commanded American forces in the Battle of the Chateauguay in 1813, leading thousands of U.S. soldiers to defeat at the hands of a little over a thousand Canadian militiamen and 180 Mohawk warriors, then getting his army lost in the woods.

Feb 16, 2017 · Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton. Beginning in the spring of 1863, Wade Hampton and Judson Kilpatrick tangled on many a cavalry battlefield. By 1865, Hampton was a lieutenant general—THE highest-ranking cavalry officer in the history of the Confederacy—and Kilpatrick was Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s chief of cavalry for his Carolinas Campaign.

Hampton’s forces fought at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. In 1862 at the Battle of Seven Pines, Hampton was shot in the foot, but he refused to leave the fighting. The surgeon removed the bullet while he was still on horseback, directing his soldiers.