The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-04-17
GENERAL WADE HAMPTON.
Soldier, Statesman ana Citizen.
The Greenville Mountaineer, April 12

The Greenville Mountaineer, April 12.
The bell is tolling tho requiem of
South Cardinals foremost citizenl
Wade Hampton is dead, and nation
will mourn the departure of man who
was exalted III character, superb in ac-
| ton and wise in council. Southern in |
thought, word and decd, he was yet
catholic in sentiment, liberal IN dispo-
sition and kindly in conduct. His tenn
perament was truly conservative, and
yet when aggressiYcness was demand
cd by the occasion, there was tho dash
and daring of Il Chevalier Bayard, with
all the civic and military virtues as
cribcd to "the good knight" whose
loyalty, purity and scrupulous honor
won for him the title of "cavalicr
without fear and without rcproach."
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton,
of the Confcdcratcs States army, was
born on the 2Slh of March, 1918, in
the city of Charleston, within sound of |
old ST. MichacPs chimes, aud he died |
in Columbia at 9 O'Clock on Friday,
April 1lth, 1902. He was the third of
his family TO bear the name he made so
| illustriOus and hOuOrcd, and his g,and-
father served with distinction as a SOL
dicr in the Revolutionary war under
Marion and Sumter, belonging TO the
cavalry regiment commanded by Col.
| VIM. ashinSton, OF which he was
lieutenant colonel at the battle of Eu.
taw. His son, Wade Hampton, was a
planter with extensive interests and
large estate, and lived at Millwood, a
few miles from Columbia, where the
third Wade Hampton was reared in
luXury and aIllucncc, but was taught
the manly virtues under refining III
ilucnces that were characteristic Of his
long life.
Gen. Hampton was a graduate of
the South Carolina College, and after
ward studied law, but without any i'll
tention OF entering upon The practice
of the profession. lie was recognized
in early life as one OF the prominent
men of the State, though his time was
) not occupied 80 much with public al
fairs as with hiH landed interests in
: South Carolina and Mississippi, dcvot-
ing himself TO the activities Of a planter
with ample fortune, and using for re-
creation the rod ard the gun rather
than willing away time with listlcss
purpose in fashions circles. He was
; called upon to serve the people in tho
Legislature, and made an excellent re-
cord III that body for common sense
and sound Judgment. He was mem
, Der Of the State Senate when The war
broke out, and his political scntim cnts
: were strongly conservative, not being
, inclined to Il ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
Z Union.
l. When the State decided upon a
+ withdrawal from The Union, he prompt-
! ly offered his services as Il private in
the defence of South Carolina, but was
u shortly afterwards given authority tt
l. organize Il command Of infantry, artil
o lery and cavalry, which became known
IL us the Hampton Legion, and achieved
= great distinction in each arm of tho
= service. He commanded The infantr,
III Of the Legion with marked ability al
l. tho First Manassas, and was wounded
l. in the head. In the campaign on the
} Peninsula, the command again addcG
l, to It's reputation, and at Seven Pines
l. increased the distinction and fame oil
J its leader, who was again wounded
IL after pcrfol ming gallant and effective
service. He was commissioned a.
= briyadicr general on the 18th Of July
ie 1862. and was assigned to the com
4, mand of Il cavalry brigade under Gen
|" j. f.. b. Stuart, which figured yer,
c, prominently III the army of Northern
ST Virginia.
D. Gen. Hampton was hcnccforth idcn
oc titled with the cavalry service, and il
e. the Maryland campaign OF lS'i3 nc wa
in charge Of the rear guard of the cav
Sh airy division in the movement west
l" ward from Frederick City, a pcrilou
''' and important position, AZ the cncm
'So was pressing the Confcdcralcs wit
nc Vigor and persistence. lie wns ofte
'o- chosen by Stuart FOR detached scrvic,
W and in this he was uncomm0nly su,
inc ccssful, enhancing his reputation as
CT, skiIlful and daring leader, whose val,
OF and capacity won for HIM continu,
M M'hS promotion ~ the war progressed. Il
'"a was II participant in SluarI's raid IN Il
oi rear of Mcadc's army, and he met II
ars cncmy's cavalry near Getty Shnrg ON IL
my 3rd OF July, in which engagement Il
III was wounded three times, and two ,
INK them were sabre cuts. His comman
ST.