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Bezig met laden... Gentleman and Soldier: A Biography of Wade Hampton IIIdoor Edward G. Longacre
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a very gentlemanly book. Mr. Hampton was one of the few rich Southerners to actually put his money into arming a unit to join the Army of Northern Virginia. When J.E.B. Stuart was killed, then Hampton stepped up and ended the war as the successor in command of Lee's Cavalry. Then after the war Hampton was elected Governor of South Carolina and continued to watch over the interests of the white people of his state. There's not a word on white-black relationships in the whole book. It's a triumph of historical tap-dancing. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Gentleman and Soldier is the first biography in more than fifty years of Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), a Confederate general whose life provides a unique, sweeping insight into the entire history of the Civil War in the South. Hampton was a leading citizen of South Carolina before the war and the highest-ranking cavalry leader on either side during the war. He fought in a remarkable number of battles from Antietam to Gettysburg to Bentonville and after the war served as governor of South Carolina and in the U.S. Senate. Hampton's life, however, was one of dramatic contradictions. He was the quintessential slave owner who nonetheless questioned the ethical underpinnings of the "peculiar institution." He was a prewar spokesperson for national unity but became an avid secessionist. He condemned violence and abhorred dueling, but he probably killed more opponents in battle than any other general with the possible exception of Nathan Bedford Forrest. He "redeemed" South Carolina from Reconstruction but then extended more political benefits to African Americans than any other Democratic governor in the postwar South. For more than forty years he gave selflessly of himself to his state and his community, not only when wealthy but also when teetering on the abyss of poverty. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)973.73092History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War OperationsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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