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.
He fought in a remarkable number of battles from Antietam to Gettysburg to Bentonvi.
Hampton was a leading citizen of South Carolina before the war and the highest-ranking cavalry leader on either side during the war.
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
