Wade Hampton [[electronic resource] ] : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / / Rod Andrew, Jr

• Autore: Andrew Rod
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (635 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/42
• Soggetto topico: Generals - Confederate States of America; Governors - South Carolina; Legislators - United States; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations; South Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-599) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I. PATERNALISM; PART II. CHIVALRY; PART III. VINDICATION; Epilogue; Appendix: The Fable of Hampton, ''Major S,'' and a Union Private; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Wade Hampton
• ISBN: 1-4696-0474-4; 0-8078-8900-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456377003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War America.