An account of Wade Hampton's "Great Beefsteak Raid:

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Brev. Brig. Gen'l
Honored Fallen Comrade
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Dec 3, 2011
Location
Laurinburg NC
Since ancient times, men have stolen one another’s cattle. They’ve done so for various reasons: greed, hunger, adventure, prestige. In the Old West, cattle rustling was elevated to a fine art, involving "mavericking" and brand manipulation through the use of the proverbial "long rope and a hot iron." But never in the history of cattle stealing in America has there been a more blatant display of strategy, nerve and determination than that shown by Gen. Wade Hampton and his force of rebel cow thieves.

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