Wade Hampton III
Wade Hampton, III
American
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederate States Army |
Lineage
- Father Wade Hampton II
- Mother Ann Fitzsimmons Hampton
- Brother: Frank Hampton Sr
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederate States Army |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Home | Hampton-Preston House | Columbia, SC | |||||
| 1818/03/28 | Born | Col William Rhett House | Charleston, SC | ||||
| 1820/00/00 | Boyhood home of Wade Hampton III. | Millwood | Columbia, SC | ||||
| 1862/09/28 | Invited by Adam Stephen Dandridge II, General Wade Hampton and General Fitzhugh Lee arrive at The Bower, encamping in a nearby oak grove. | Guest | The Bower | Leetown | |||
| 1864/06/00 | Generals W H F Lee, Wade Hampton and Matthew Butler meet in the front parlor at Village View to plan the defense of Petersburg. | Confederate Commander | Village View | Emporia | Siege of Petersburg | ||
| 1865/00/00 | Wade Hampton III returns to Hampton Place | Home | High Hampton Inn and Country Club | Cashiers, NC | |||
| 1876/00/00 | Beaufort Ball, a strong supporter of Wade Hampton, host meetings at the villa during the Red Shirt campaign. The Red Shirts were a paramilitary group that served the Democratic Party by disrupting elections and suppressing black and Republican voting. | Gubernatorial Candidate | Williams-Ball-Copeland House | Laurens | |||
| 1876/10/16 | A political rally for Wade Hampton at Cainhoy degenerates into a brawl between blacks and whites. Known the "Cainhoy Massacre", the skirmish left seven men dead and sixteen wounded. | Gubernatorial Candidate | Cainhoy Historic District | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1878/00/00 | Built in 1878, Wade Hampton lays the corner stone | Dignitary | Hampton County Courthouse | Hampton |
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