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to Wade Hampton

Forwards information to Hampton that was obtained from a spy of General Holmes'. The spy, "Dr Vauchamps," claims "65000 men are to land immediately below Mathias point that Johnston is not to be attacked till after Fredericksburg is taken." Is not...

GLC03516

to Joseph Wheeler

Writes to Wheeler, a former Confederate general, about an article Wheeler wrote and corrects some mistakes. Explains that he was asked to correct them by former Confederate soldiers under his command who are still loyal to the Confederacy and felt...

GLC02662

to Isaac Trimble

General Beauregard, commanding the Confederate Army of the Potomac, writes to General Trimble, commander of forces located at Evansport, Virginia. He states "It is more than probable that either another naval expedition is contemplated by the...

GLC02690

to Wade Hampton re: activities of union cavalry and defense of Richmond

GLC03033

to Jefferson Davis

Written less than a week after the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1-3, 1864, where Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates. Lee attempts to anticipate Grant's next move and warns of another major engagement. Lee notifies Davis of his...

GLC01026

[Endorsement on petition for a dentist to join the Confederate Army]

Endorsement on Marx E. Cohen's request to the Surgeon General of the Confederate States to provide " 'Dental Surgery' " to the Confederate Army in the field. WIth several signatures approving the request and several signed annotations on the verso...

GLC01052

[Cabinet photograph of Wade Hampton]

Signed on image. Gilt edges. Bust by C.M. Bell.

GLC02136.20

to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Hampton acknowledges previous correspondence from General Beauregard, commander of a corps in the [Confederate] Army of the Potomac. Regarding fords on the Occuquan River, states "I should prefer to make a thorough personal examination of Bland's...

GLC02459.11

View of a group of Confederate dignitaries

Osborn stamp on verso. View of a group of Confederate dignitaries in front of the shot furnace on the parade ground at Fort Sumter. The group is gathered beside a large mounted cannon, and is purported to contain both Wade Hampton and Gov. Francis...

GLC04509.27

Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, no. 25 (March 16, 1865)]

A description of the occupation and destruction of Columbia includes details to the pillage and burning of the city. Correspondence between Sherman and General Hampton concerns Sherman's march and pillage through South Carolina, with special...

GLC05959.32.05

Engraving of General Wade Hampton

C.B. Richardson Publisher, Engraved by O'Neill N.Y.

GLC02459.44

to Theodora Colcock Hutson (incomplete)

Discusses a visit with C.W., possibly Charles Woodward Hutson, his nephew, at the University of South Carolina. Reminisces about his time as a student there eight years earlier. Reports attending a convention also attended by "many men of influence...

GLC08165.14

to Richard W. Hutson

Writes to his father from Camp Anderson, Guinea's Station near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Talks of the train trip to Fredericksburg and mentions that Adams Express would not allow him to take his boxes. Reports that Orr's Regiment has joined them....

GLC08165.46

to Richard W. Hutson

Written to his father from Gregg's Brigade camp near Richmond. Discusses the possible death or imprisonment of Charles W. Hutson who served in Hampton's Legion. Writes that Hampton's Legion has been dissolved and discusses re-appointments of various...

GLC08165.47