The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-07-05
GEN. WADE HAMPTON.
A Brief Biographical Sketcs, OF WIN
ston-Salem's Distinguished Visitor.

Although the subject OF thlS article /
is universally ku'wn, very few persons /
are aware OF the fact that Gen IIamp- |.
toms ancestry, and probably his ear !
lier life was intimately associated with
many of our own people atd neighbars i
in this and adjoining counties
He has many blood connections in /
this and Stokes and Iadkin counties. !
AS we now remember the present Gen /
Hampton is related through his n,oth-
er's side to Judge w L Bynum of /
! Charlotte, Mai Ben Bynum at Stokes, |
the children of DIR. II. w. Bynuri, |
deceased, of Winston, and the children |
| of the late Tyre Glenn, who married a
Bynum, of Yadkin county If NE |
hare been correctly informed his faith |
er, the elder Gen. Hampton, either !
! lived at one time in Stokes county, or
often visited his relatives in that sec.
/ ton. O,d people who knew him love |
to tell Of the fine style In which he |
! Travelled through the country before
| the days of railroads. lie Was man
OF great wealth and dealt out Of his
abundance with free hand After
| he settled permanently in South Car
DINA he used to make frequent visits
to his kinsmen in Stokes and over ia
Virginia. always travelling with his
| four horse coach, with outsiders. foot
men &c, and the eavalcade passing
through the solitudes of these noun
tain forests would awake the echoes
and call many Il little urchin from his
play or his work to gaze at the unus-
ual spectacle which his large train
presented. There were d few years
back, several old people who related
to their friends the story of his pro
gress through our section and the talk
which his presence in the quiet of the
country would create. He had been
Revolutionary soldier and he pre-
served his military habits and manners
in nearly all his movements in the
peace which ensued that event. His
tory has it that for the Revolutionary
war be equipped aud put IN the field
at his own expense battalion of sol
diers for the cause of the colonists
The present Gen. Hampton,
who is with us, has in erited and pre-
served many ofthe traits Of his father.
He is also a man OF wealth ownes
the old home and magnificent residence
with extensive grounds where his
fatIsr dispensed his lavish hosI ilaiity,
at Columbia South Carolina,and at the
beginning of the late war furnished a.
battalion of troops for the Southern
army, fully armed and equipped at his
own expense.
Of his history during the war moth
ing which we can say will add to his
glory and reLown. History gives no
record of a grander, drawer or more
skillful cavalry commander than the
brilliant dashing Wade Hampton.
Always at the right place At the right
!, time, he made reputation second &c
no man who fought ON either side
Many an old soldier who sees him
here with us in times of peace will re
call with emotion his grand figure as
he led his gallant cavalry troops to
the charge, and foremost in the fight,
led them to victory and to glory.
: There are great many in eur town
and throughout North Carolina who
fought under his command.
Among others we now remeluhar
our Capt. d. E. Mast who was il com
pany d., 1st n. C. Cavalry, under
! General Hampton, and who LOST leg
while CALAMITY fighting in the charge
ct Mr. w. w. Wood, a
; leading tobacco manufacturer of Win
, stop, was special messenger on Gen'l.
o Hampton's staff and both enjoyed his
| personal friendship and confidence.
They were both with him at Gettys-
e burg when he was wounded in the
arm. After receiving his wound he
was fighting hand to hand with his
+ sabre, having fred his pistol, two
Yankees were closing in on him and
would have shot him had it not been
: for Nathaniel Price, of Watauga Co.
: a member of Captain Mast's company
who rushed in and shot one Yankee
# dead in his tracks, the other retreat
ing. Mr.. Price was afterwards una
BILE to remain at his home, on account
0 of the hostility of Union men or, a,
: they were called, cred Strings" ane
). found grateful friend in Gen. Hamp
) ton who protected and provided fol
a him.
Il OF his public services to the coun
) try since the war these too are ON th,
e | DTlSutcSt pages Vi Hiotoi -1hAtOi iiis
t war for while he retired from, publ,
|. life and set about to rebuild his vast
It ed fortune and to repair his property
Il But when his state was consumed
r with rascally politicians and carpe
r baggers from the North, and the pub
lie treasury .piundered and The right
e and liberties of the white people o
e South Carolina were being crushed
his state again called for him and di.
e not fall in vain. In 1876 he vas tn,
Democratic candidate fr Governor
i of South Carolina and was triumphant
ly elected by the votes of both parties
3 r. B. Hayes was then The repabiicai
, candidate for President
e In order to count the electoral vote
of South Carolina for Hayes, the Re
l. publican managers were about to caaa
him out of his votes for Governor
n But with that bravery and fidelity t,
/, his state for which he is known, he re
]. fused to yield his rights and was inau
= gurated as the first Governor tn
q. white people had since the war. From
that time South Carolina has been un
der the control of her native whit
people, and is now building up he
= waste places and is on the road to pros
= perity. Her people ara happy am
free and it is due to the matches gal
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