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Wade Hampton : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / / Rod Andrew, Jr



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Autore: Andrew Rod Visualizza persona
Titolo: Wade Hampton : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / / Rod Andrew, Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
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
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-9313-153-6
1-4696-0474-4
0-8078-8900-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808717303321
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Serie: Civil War America.