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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character

Wade Hampton

Confederate cavalry commander and later governor of South Carolina.

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Also known as Hampton, Wade Hampton, General Wade Hampton

First appearance: i

Wade Hampton shows up with force in Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Leads Confederate cavalry raid capturing Union beef cattle east of Petersburg.
In the storyArrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak RoadOpen this moment free

Wade Hampton first appears in 0003 i.

In Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road: Leads Confederate cavalry raid capturing Union beef cattle east of Petersburg.

See Wade Hampton in Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak RoadBook page

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WTWilliam T. She…PHPhilip H. Sher…JHJames H. WilsonWJWilliam J. Har…RERobert E. LeeWHWade Hampton

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See Wade Hampton in i
See Wade Hampton in Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road