Hampton, Wade

Life Span
to
Full name
Wade Hampton
Place of Birth
Charleston, SC
Burial Place
Columbia, SC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
Other
Other Education
South Carolina College
Occupation
Politician
Military
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
US Senate
Governor
State legislature
Other state government
Military
Confederate Army

Wade Hampton (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
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.
“Hampton, Wade,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000141.
Date Event
At Eltham's Landing, Confederate units thwart Union attempts to cut off their retreat from Yorktown
- Largest battle yet in the eastern theater fought at Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
Thousands of cavalrymen clash at Brandy Station, Virginia, in the largest cavalry battle of the war
Heavy fighting with Union cavalry at Hanover, Pennsylvania again delays Stuart's Confederate cavalry
- Battle of Gettysburg
William Miller of Cumberland County disobeys orders and wins the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg
- In Prince George County, Virginia, Confederate raiders make off with thousands of Union cattle
- In fighting around Peeble's Farm, Union forces further tighten to ring around the key town of Petersburg
Chicago Style Entry Link
Cooper, William J., Jr. The Conservative Regime: South Carolina. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. view record
How to Cite This Page: "Hampton, Wade," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5823.