General Wade Hampton Of
South Carolina.
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boy rode like a centaur and every
'.'V- town boy also at whose home there
was. a horse- When Hampton arriv
ed in Newberry the morning pf Sept.
13-th he was met at the station by
) thousands of mounted Red Shirts.
Mr. Jordan P. Pool had sent his fam
ous horse "Dan" the finest saddler
that ever came to Newberry for the
general to ride. In a short time the
procession was formed and the caval
cade went charging and yelling
through the leading streets of the
town, and were met everywhere by
shouts of "Hurrah for Hampton"
from men, women and children. The
ordinary negroes, who wer? always
fond of horses and admired a fine
rider, stood in open-mouthed won
der and admiration at the spectacle.
Persons who have never .. seen a
charge of Red Shirts can form but a
faint idea of the wild enthusiasm and
irresistible force there was in the
charge of thousands of fearless rid
ers in red, going at terriffic speed
! through the streets of a town or city
or along the highways in the coun
try, making the welkin ring with the
old "Rebel yell." It spread terror
among the negro leaders who, up to
that time had been extremely inso
lent and overbearing, and curdled
the blood in the veins of the white
scalawags and carpetbaggers.
The redemption of South Caro
lina was assured when the Red Shirt
riders entered the field. Not by ora
tory nor by argument was the state
redeemed in 1875, but by the dash
and daring of Hampton's cavalry
which was as terrible and as irre
sistible as it had been on fields of
battle; and many wno followed him
in 1876 had followed him in the
sixties.
Wade Hampton was one of four
of that name. His grandfather, who
came from Virginia and settled in
Spartanburg district before the
Revolutionary, was named Wade'
Hampton. With most of his family,
he was massacred by the Indians in
1775, two of the sons escaping by
being away from home when the
' massacre took place. ' One of the
escaping sons was Wade Hampton,
who served in the Revolutionary war
and the War of 1812. He was the
father of Gen. Wade Hampton; and
Gen. Wade Hampton's eldest son
was named Wade. '
General Hampton was born in
Charleston March 28, 18?8. He
graduated at the South Carolina
College. At the outbreak of the war
Between the States he was believed
to be one of the richest Southern
planters, owning the greatest num
ber of slaves, with immense planta
tions in South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana. It is said he raised
5,000 bales of cotton a year. His
home Milwood, burned by Sherman's
army February 17, 1865, was four
miles east of Columbia. It was an
elegant home and was the seat of a
broad and generous hospitality.
Hampton was fond of fine horses and
of horse-racing-not for gain, but
purely for sport-and was also fond
of hunting, It was while hunting in
the lower part of the state in 1879
that he met with the accident that
cost him his leg, and came near
costing him his life.
When the War Between the
States broke out Wade Hampton
raised and in part equipped a caval
ry legion, of which he was elected
.commander. In 1862 he became
brigadier-general of cavalry, in 1864
major-general and in 1865 lieuten
ant-general and commander-in-chief
of all the cavalry forces in the army j
-of Northern Virginia. Gen. Hamp
ton was a typical cavalry officer,
though be had not had any military
{training until he went into the war.
It is sometimes said derisively that
the cavalry is the insurance arm in
war. However as that may be, as a
general rule, Hampton's cavalry and
Hampton himself were fighters, and
were always found at the post of
?danger, near the flashing of the guns.
"General Hampton was a famous
?swordsman. He was a man of great
^physical strength and, activity and
(courage and his sword was no play
thing, but broad and strong and
.keen-edged, as numbers of his ene
mies found in hand-to-hand encoun
ters in battle. Edward L. Wells, in
his book, "Hampton and His Caval
ry" tells of an encounter that Gen
Hampton and seven other cavalry
men had with a Federal company of
68 men at Fayetteville, N. C., in
April 1865. The general, whose
cavalry formed the rear guard of
Johnston's army in its retreat through
North Carolina was cut off at Fay
etteville by a company of Federal
cavalry. When the information was
.brought to him by his famous scout,
Hugh Scott, he knew something must
be done annd done uickly, or the
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Federals would slip in betwee
Confederate anray and the
euard cavalry and do great mis
Hampton had lingered just a
too long at the hotel.. He di
quickly what to do. He had t1
his staff with him and four*
cavalrymen. He gave the ord
charge the enemy, who were o
short distance round the streel
ner and the order was obeyed v
will. The Federal company
been drawn up in line across
street and they fired on the Co
erates as soon as they came in
-evidently being scared, for no
of the Confederates was hit. A
enemy fled the little band pui
with yells arid shots that mad?
enemy think an anny was at
heels. In their confusion anc
moralization, they got jammet
gether in a narrow street, ^nd
very short time 12 Federals
killed, ll were capture, inch
their captain, and a number
wounded, the rest fleeing in con
nation and panic. Mr. Wells
not say so, but I have heard time
time again, that two of he er
fell victim to Hampton's st
sword arm. ?
Other incidents in the experi
of General Hampton and his ca\
show that at least his command
not in an insurance department
Gen. Hampton was wounded in
first battle of Manassas or Bull ]
July 21, 1861; he was woui
twice at the battle of Gettysb
July 2, 1863; his first wound
Gettysburg was in a hand-to-1
fight with an enemy officer, in w
he received a sword wound in
head; the blood from his wound
down into his eyes so that he ci
scarcely see, yet with his sabei
cleft the head of his enemy dow:
the chin. Later in the battle he
wounded in the leg by a schra]
from a bursting shell.
At the battle of Burgess M
on the "plank" road in Virgi
Oct. 27th, 1864, Hampton's
sons, Wade and Preston were won
ed-Preston mortally. Descrih
the scene Edward L. Wells S?
The young ma n, Preston, "was
meet death in the full flush of '
tory. His father, always in
front, had been near at hand w*1
his son fell from his horse, and i
a moment dismounted, and bend
over the dying boy tenderly kis
his forehead and then gently wi
pered to him some words not he?
by others amid the din of bat
After hastily giving directions
his removal, together with his ot]
son, who was wounded but not
seriously, he mounted and rode f
ward with the advancing line. Si
was a commander's duty,'but it v
a hard one to perform."
As further evidence that this cs
airy was not the insurance depa
ment, it may be added here tl
General Hampton's > younger broth
Lt.-Col. Frank Hampton, was kill
at Brandy Station and Gen. M.
Butler, of the same "cavalry divisi
lost his leg there. And our o\
Henry Reagin and Berry Richar
of .Hampton's cavalry were killed
Bentonville, N. C.
These are only a few of tl
names that might be mentioned.
After the war was over Gener
Hampton returned to South Carolir
and taught obedience to law and lo:
alty to the United States and tr
American flag. In 1876, as airead
stated, he was called to lead th
fight for the redemption of th
state from negro and alien rule an
was elected governor Nov. 7th, bu
was not permitted to enter upon th
office until April 11th, 1877, whei
President Hayes ordered the with
drawal of troops from the state
house; then the Chamberlain gov
ernment went to pieces, and th<
people of South. Carolina enteret
into their own again.
Daniel H. Chamberlain had been
inaugurated governor Dec. 7th and
Hampton Dec. 14th; and from the
latter date till April 11th, 1877 there
was a dual government h. South
Carolina-rone governor in the state
house upheld by Federal bayonets;
the other in Carolina Hall, upheld by
the love and loyalty of the people
who cheerfully paid "taxes" through
"agents" appointed by Hampton for
the support of the Hampton govern
ment; two legislatures-one in the'
statehouse upheld by Gen. Ruger's
soldiers in uniform and with guns in
their hand; the other in Carolina
Hall near the site of the present
Richland county courthouse. When
the troops were withdrawn the car
pet baggers "folded their tents like
the Arabs and silently stole away."
It was high time, for they had stolen,
everything they could get their hands
on and had piled up a state debt of
five million dollars during their
eight years of misrule, t hough 'John
J. Patterson said a short time before
that there were "five more years bf
good stealing in South Carolina."
Hampton was re-elected governor
in '78 but soon thereafter was elect
ed to the United States senate, where
he served from 1879 to 1891. In
1893 he was appointed United States
railroad commissioner by President
Cleveland and served some years in
that capacity. In all his official acts,
in war and in peace, he was a worthy
son of South Carolina. . He passed
away the 11th of April, 1902, with
the prayer on his lips, "God bless all
the people of South Carolina, white
and black."
With your kind indulgence I desire
to read a short poem by a Southern
scholar, Prof. George Armstrong
Wauchope, of the South Carolina
university. Hampton was a fam
ous rider-in the War Between the
States, and again in the campaign of
1876. When in 1906 his magnificent
equestrian statute, erected by a
grateful people on the statehouse
grounds was unveiled, the scholar
and poet caught a yision of the old
cavalry leader and dashing cam
paigner in the splendid work of the
sculptor, and wrote with a fire and
fervor that recalls "The Bugle Song"
of Tennyson iii "The Coming of King
Arthur."
What means this thunder tramp of
feet, ..
Like roar when surf and torrent
meet?
And why do bells and war-guns
loud
Re-echo to the answering cloud?
Wade Hampton rides today!
Once more enthroned on martial
steed:
A bronze mount of no mortal
breed
War-lord, yet arbiter of peace.
His spirit shall with no surcease
His people lead for aye.
Clang, bells! The general rides
again,
Calm captains of his red-shirt men;
As once before, a marching throng
From marsh tc' craig comes myriad
strong
With flower? to strew his way.
Their loyal voices hail him great
Whose love and courage saved his
state.
Speak, drums! Let cannon throats
proclaim '
Wade Hampton rides again!
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