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'''Wade Hampton III''' (1818-1902) was a [[South Carolina]] planter, soldier, and politician especially prominent during the [[Civil War]], [[Reconstruction]], and the post-Reconstruction era. He served in the army of the [[Confederate States of America]] during the war, rising to the rank of lieutenant general and commanding the cavalry of [[Robert E. Lee]]'s Army of Northern Virginia from 1864 to 1865. In South Carolina during Reconstruction, he emerged as a leader of the "Redeemers," southern [[Democratic]] whites who were opposed to [[Republican]] rule and sought to regain control of their state governments. After Reconstruction ended in South Carolina, Hampton served from 1876 to 1879 as the state's governor, then from 1879 to 1891 as U.S. Senator.  

'''Wade Hampton III''' (1818-1902) was a [[South Carolina]] planter, soldier, and politician especially prominent during the [[Civil War]], [[Reconstruction]], and the post-Reconstruction era. He served in the army of the [[Confederate States of America]] during the war, rising to the rank of lieutenant general and commanding the cavalry of [[Robert E. Lee]]'s Army of Northern Virginia from 1864 to 1865. In South Carolina during Reconstruction, he emerged as a leader of the "[[Redeemers]]," southern [[Democratic]] whites who were opposed to [[Republican]] rule and sought to regain control of their state governments. After Reconstruction ended in South Carolina, Hampton served from 1876 to 1879 as the state's governor, then from 1879 to 1891 as U.S. Senator.  

One of the wealthiest planters and largest slaveholders in the antebellum South, Hampton was widely regarded as a typical figure of the region's planter-aristocracy, and also respected for his wartime exploits and gentlemanly conduct. During his post-war political career, despite the partisan and racial conflicts that divided the region, he presented himself as a proponent for national unity and racial reconciliation.

One of the wealthiest planters and largest slaveholders in the antebellum South, Hampton was widely regarded as a typical figure of the region's planter-aristocracy, and also respected for his wartime exploits and gentlemanly conduct. During his post-war political career, despite the partisan and racial conflicts that divided the region, he presented himself as a proponent for national unity and racial reconciliation.