Wade Hampton III
Born: March 28, 1818
Birthplace: William Rhett House, Charleston, South Carolina
Father: Wade Hampton II 1791 – 1858
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)
Mother: Ann Fitzsimmons 1794 – 1833(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)
Wives:1st Wife: Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston 1818 - 1852
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Married: October 10, 1838 in Washington County, Virginia2nd Wife: Mary Singleton McDuffie 1830 – 1874
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Married: January 27, 1858 in Albemarle, South, CarolinaChildren:
Wade Hampton IV 1840 – 1879
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Thomas Preston Hampton 1843 – 1864
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Sarah Buchanan Hampton Haskell 1845 – 1886
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Harriet Hampton 1848 – 1853
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
George McDuffie Hampton 1859 – 1917
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Mary Singleton “Daisy” Hampton Tucker 1861 – 1934
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Church, Columbia, S.C.)
Alfred Hampton 1861 – 1942
(Buried: Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Gilroy, California)
Catherine Fisher Hampton 1867 – 1867
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina)
Education:1836: Graduated from South Carolina College
Occupation:Plantation Manager in South Carolina & Mississippi
Member of South Carolina State General Assembly
1858 – 1861: South Carolina State Senator
Civil War Career:Served as a Private in South Carolina State Militia
Colonel in the South Carolina State Militia
1861 – 1862: Colonel of Hampton's South Carolina Legion
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run wounded
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General in Confederate Army
1862: Served in the Peninsula Campaign & Battle of Seven Pines
1862: Severely Wounded in foot at Battle of Seven Pines
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign
1862 – 1865: Commander in the Confederate Cavalry
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Brandy Station
1863: Participated in Battle of Gettysburg Wounded by Sabre
1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Overland Campaign
1864: Given Command of Confederate Cavalry
1864: Led the Confederate Cavalry at Battle of Trevilian Station
1864: Led the Confederate Cavalry during Siege of Petersburg
1864 – 1865: Returned to South Carolina to Recruit Soldiers
1865: Promoted to the rank of Lt. General of Confederate Cavalry
1865: Served with General Joseph Johnston's Army
1865: Surrendered at Bennett Place, Durham, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Chairman of South Carolina State Democratic Party Committee
1870: Helped in the Union Reform Campaign
Leading Opponent of Radical Reconstruction
1877 – 1879: Governor of South Carolina
1879 – 1891: United States Senator from South Carolina
1893 – 1897: United States Railroad Commissioner
Died: April 11, 1902
Place of Death: Columbia, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 84 years old
Cause of Death: Valvular Heart Disease
Burial Place: Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
Printed on Saturday, April 12, 1902, on Page 1.
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