Hampton and His Cavalry
'64
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"This book is intended to be a sketch of that por-
tion of the military career of Lieutenant-General
Wade Hampton embraced in the campaign of
1864, when he commanded the Cavalry, which was
then an important part of the fighting power of the
Army of Northern Virginia.
"The facts related are based upon documents and
letters in the possession of General Hampton and
memoranda prepared by him, to which he has been
kind enough to permit me to have access. Most
of these were, by General Robert E. Lee's request,
arranged for his use when he had the intention of
writing the history of his campaigns."
Table of Contents
I. BIRTH, ANCESTRY, AND EARLY LIFE CHARACTERISTICS SPORTSMAN— COT-
TON-PLANTER: — THE WAR IN THE INFANTRY TRANSFERRED TO CAVALRY...... 9
II. THE CAVALRY IN 1 864 SUBSISTENCE, ARMAMENT, HORSES, &C. .
. 78
III. POSITION OF THE ARMIES BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN OF
1864 SURPRISE OF KILPATRICK's FORCE DAHLGREN RAID. . . I07
IV. REORGANIZATION OF HAMPTON's DIVISION COMMENCEMENT OF THE CAM-
PAIGN WILDERNESS SHERIDAN's RICHMOND RAID DEATH OF
STUART HAMPTON IN COMMAND COMPOSITION AND NUMBERS OF THE
CORPS — Sheridan's CORPS, and number OF men HAWES' SHOP MA-
TADEQUIN CREEK ASHLAND COLD HARBOR. . . . . .124
V. THE TREVILIAN CAMPAIGN. . . 187
VI. THE WILSON RAID. . . . 229
VII. PICKETING SHERIDAN TRANSFERRED TO COMMAND IN THE SHENANDOAH
VALLEY DIVISION COMMANDERS ORDERED TO REPORT DIRECT TO HAMP-
TON CHANGE OF STAFF. . .250
VIII. CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE CAVALRY FORCES, AND
THE NUMBERS OF EACH ENGAGEMENTS OF AUGUST I 6th AND I 7TH ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE JAMES BUTLER's SUCCESS ON AUGUST 2 3D AT REAMS
STATION BATTLE OF REAMS STATION ON AUGUST 25Th. . . .267
IX. THE CATTLE-RAID THE SCOUTS. . 287
X. ROSSER AND THE " LAUREL BRIGADE " DETACHED THE
FIGHTING SOUTH
OF THE JAMES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF SEPTEMBER BATTLE OF
BURGESS MILL, OCTOBER 27TH FIVE FORKS AND LEE's LETTER TO
HAMPTON ABOUT THE RESULT. . 312
XI. CAMP CORRESPONDENCE STONY CREEK MILES TRIES TO ATTACK THE
RIGHT FLANK WARREN's RAID ON THE WELDON RAILROAD END OF
THE CAMPAIGN OF '64 HAMPTON ORDERED TO SOUTH CAROLINA
MORALE OF BUTLER's DIVISION CAPTURE OF KILPATRICK's CAMP
THE LONE DAMSE L BUTLER's CHARGE " BUCKLAND RACES "
THE CHALLENGE. . . . 368
Hampton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest son of
Wade Hampton II (1791–1858), known as "Colonel Wade Hampton", one of
the wealthiest planters in the South (and the owner of the largest number of
slaves), an officer of dragoons in the War of 1812, and an aide to General
Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. He was grandson of Wade Hampton
(1754–1835), lieutenant colonel of cavalry in the American War of Independence,
member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and brigadier general in the War
of 1812. His uncle, James Henry Hammond, was a member of both the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate, as well as a Governor of South Carolina.
Hampton grew up in a wealthy family, receiving private
instruction. He had an active outdoor life, riding horses and hunting,
especially at his father's North Carolina summer retreat, High Hampton. He was
known for taking hunting trips alone into the woods, hunting American black
bears with only a knife. Some accounts credit him with killing as many as 80
bears.[3] In 1836 he graduated from South Carolina College (now the University
of South Carolina), and was trained for the law, although he never practiced.
He devoted himself, instead, to the management of his great plantations in South
Carolina and Mississippi, and took part in state politics. He was elected to
the South Carolina General Assembly in 1852 and served as a Senator from 1858
to 1861. Hampton's father died in 1858 and the son inherited a vast fortune,
the plantations, and one of the largest collections of slaves in the South