E 467 .1 .H19 S7 Copy 1 FINAL REPORT ^->- OF THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF :: :: :: IVadc Hampton ^ Columbia, S. C. GONZALES AND BRYAN State Printers 1906-07 FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF :: :: :: Wade Hampton ^ Columbia, S, C. GONZALES AND BRYAN State Printers IQ05-07 4- .1 1 REPORT Columbia, S. C, December 21, 1906, To His Excellency, D. C. Heyward, Governor of South Carolina. Sir: The Commission appointed by your Excellency under the provisions of "An Act to provide lor a Monurnwnt to the Memory of Wade Hampton" have fully set forth in their report of February 17, 1904, the means they employed in securing the voluntary sub scriptions required by the Act, before the amount appropriated by the State became available for the work ; and they further report as follows : After a careful consideration of the relative merits and availability of a number of American sculptors of high rank and reputation they invited from among these, Mr. Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl, of New York, who had been most highly recommended to them, to come to Columbia for a conference with the Commission. They discussed the matter with him in all its aspects and, deciding to secure his services, entered into a contract with him for the con- struction and erection of the equestrian statue of General Hampton, provided for by the Act at and for the sum of $38,000.00, no part of which was payable until the statue should be completed and erected on the Capitol grounds at Columbia. The statue was constructed by Mr. Ruckstuhl in Paris, was com- pleted in the month of Septeanber, 1906, and was brought to America and erected on the Capitol grounds in the month of October, 1906. The Commission, after viewing and critically examining the monument, were thoroughly satisfied with it, and thereupon passed the following resolutions with reference thereto : "Be it resolved by the Commission : "First. That we accept from Mr. Frederick Wellington Ruck- stuhl, the equestrian statue of Gen. Wade Hampton, as it now stands erected on the Capitol grounds at Columbia, as a full and satisfac- tory performance of his contract with this Commission. "Second. That we here record our hearty approval of the com- pleted statue as a genuine work of art, a most impressive and im- posing monument, and a faithful and lifelike representation of the face and form of the illustrious soldier, statesman and citizen, whose memory it is designed to perpetuate. 6 "Third. That we congratulate Mr. Ruckstuhl on the splendid success he has achieved, and hereby express our high appreciation of him as an artist of the highest rank." The 20th of November, 1906, was selected as the day for the unveiling ceremonies. Gen. M. C. Butler was invited to deliver the address of the occasion, and his Excellency, Governor D. C. Hey- ward, was asked to receive the monument on behalf of the State. The Legislature, the Chief Executive and the Judiciary were invited to attend, as were also our two Senators and all our Con- gressmen. Like invitations were also extended to the surviving generals of the Confederacy, the Governors of all the Southern States, the Confederate veterans, the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans within this State, the faculties and students of the Citadel, Clemson College, University of South Carolina, Daughters of Confederates' Home of Charleston and the other educational institutions of the State, and to the citizens of South Carolina generally. Maj. Theodore G. Barker, of Charleston, Adjutant General of General Hampton during the war, by invitation of the Commission, acted as chief marshal of the occasion ; and Gen. John D. Frost, by request, acted as his assistant. Columbia was filled to overflowing; and men, women and children came from every portion of the State and vied with each other in doing honor to the memory of South Carolina's greatest citizen. The parade was one of the largest and most impressive ever wit- nessed in Columbia, and Main street and the Capitol grounds were packed with spectators. The parade was formed at the upper end of Main street by the chief marshal and his assistant. Gen. John D. Frost, and proceeded to the Capitol grounds. After a prayer by Bishop Capers, the monument was unveiled by four little girls, three of whom were General Hampton's grand- daughters and one his great grand-daughter, and was received from the Commission by Governor Heyward on behalf of the State. Gen. Butler made a most eloquent and stirring address to the listen- ing thousands who were crowded on and around the spacious plat- form erected for the occasion — and the ceremonies of the day were over. The great assemblage slowly retired with many a backward glance at the bronze image of him they loved so well. The Commission desire to extend their grateful thanks to Gen. Frost, Gen. Wilie Jones, Capt. W. D. Starling, Col. U. R. Brooks, and the Wade Hampton Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Columbia Board of Trade, for their vahiable assistance in the conduct of the unveiUng ceremonies. In conclusion, it is our sad and painful duty to report the decease of two members of our Commission during the progress of the work. The Hon. C. S. McCall died on January 1, 1905, and the Hon. Altamont Moses died in December, 1905. These gentle- men rendered invaluable service to the Commission, and the under- signed, their fellows and friends, deeply regret that an All-Wise Providence did not see fit to permit them to witness the fruition of their labor — the completion of the work they had so much at heart. Mr. Mclver Williamson was appointed to succeed Mr. McCall and Mr. Richard I. Manning was appointed to succeed Mr. Moses. The Commission attach hereto an itemized statement of their re- ceipts and disbursements, showing an unexpended balance of $322.62, for which they hand you their check herewith. They also append as a part of this their final report, copies of the admirable speeches made on the occasion of the unveiling. All of which is respectfully submitted. J. Q. MARSHALL, Chairman, B. A. MORGAN, E. M. SEABROOK, A. McIVER WILLIAMSON, RICHARD I. MANNING. Financial Statement AMOUNT COLLECTED. By Legislative Appropriation $20,000 00 By Voluntary Subscriptions 9,961 89 $29,961 89 AMOUNT DISBURSED. To F. W. Ruckstuhl, Sculptor $28,000 00 To Expenses of Commission 1,639 27 To Balance on Hand 322 62 $29,961 89 ITEMIZED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES. Abbeville $ 10 00 Aiken 47 50 Anderson 417 57 Bamberg 163 00 Barnwell 59 90 Beaufort 35 00 Berkeley 35 00 Ch^l^liii^ 1,094 01 Cherokee 65 15 Chester 178 27 Chesterfield 2 99 Clarendon 131 35 Colleton 70 00 Darlington 1,000 00 Edgefield IS 00 Fairfield 81 50 Florence 73 29 Georgetown 207 50 Greenville 368 19 Greenwood 45 00 Hampton 110 25 Horry 53 00 Kershaw 74 70 Lancaster 155 91 9 Lee $ 30 25 Laurens 193 81 Lexing-ton 61 50 Marion 135 15 Marlboro 270 20 Newberry 99 00 Orangeburg 335 04 Hampton Bazaar held in Columbia 527 18 Other contributions from Richland 860 05 Spartanburg 38 60 Saluda 40 Sumter 307 60 Union 213 96 Williamsburg 39 35 York 60 76 Out of State 144 00 Sale of Stand 90 00 Daughters of Confederacy from entire State by Mrs. Waring. 1,271 20 Interest 859 61 Appropriation by Legislature 20,000 00 $29,961 89 DISBURSEMENTS. F. W. Ruckstuhl, Sculptor l^JP.^.9.^.* 1903. May 8. Stamps $ 3 00 13. C. S. McCall, Expense 9 85 Altamont Moses, Expense 11 50 E. M. Seabrook, Expense 20 70 B. A. Morgan, Expense 17 12 Nov. 21. Stamps 5 00 25. Leach, Typewriting 2 00 Dec. 10. J. Q. Marshall, Expense, Charleston, attending meeting Commission 12 20 12. C. S. McCall, attending meeting Commission. ... 4 00 14. Altamont Moses, attending meeting Commission. 12 00 1904. Jan. 15. E. M. Seabrook, attending meeting Commission . . 1 75 Feb. 6. Miss Hawes, Typewriting 1 20 29. Record, Advertising 2 50 10 June 13. Miss Hawes, Typewriting $ 3 35 17. Altamont Moses, Expense 3 35 18. B. A. Morgan, Expense 12 57 32. C. S. McCall, Expense 1 50 24. Stamps 1 00 25. Miss Hawes, Typewriting 3 50 Sept. 1. Stamps 1 00 6. Miss Hawes, Typewriting 1 85 Oct. 19. Altamont Moses, Expense 4 00 E. M. Seabrook, Expense 32 63 B. A. Morgan, Expense 14 32 23. C. S. McCall, Expense 3 00 31. Miss Hawes, Typewriting 2 00 Dec. 3. Stamps 1 00 5. Stamps 3 00 6. Miss Hawes, Typewriting 3 50 23. W. U. Tel. Co 1 59 1905. Feb. 33. Miss Hawes, Typewriting 5 00 May 11. R. L. Bryan Co., Stationery 3 50 15. E. M. Seabrook, Expense 18 00 16. Altamont Moses, Expense 3 00 30. Mclver Williamson, Expense 5 90 Nov. 4 3 79 1906. April 7. E. M. Seabrook, Expense 17 34 9. Record Publishing Co., Advertising 4 00 10. R. I. Manning, Expense 5 00 13. Mclver Williamson, Expense 6 33 16. State Co., Advertising 3 50 31. Miss Shaflfer, Typewriting 1 50 May 3. Postal Tel. Co 4 65 4. W. U. Tel. Co 3 41 5. W. U. Tel. Co 4 65 Sept. 11. R. L. Bryan Co., Stationery 1 00 Oct. 3. R. L. Bryan Co., Stationery 9 55 3. W. U. Tel. Co 1 09 18. Miss Shaffer, Typewriting 3 85 33. R. L. Bryan Co., Stationery 1 00 Nov. 7. E. M. Seabrook, Expense 18 74 8. R. I. Manning. Expense 13 75 11 Nov. 10. Wallace, Sand for Monument $ 6 00 12. B. A. Morgan, Expense 15 33 13. McFaddin, Stamps 10 00 14. Wilie Jones, Return of Contribution 100 00 17. John T. Gaston, Building Stand 40 00 19. John T. Gaston, Building Stand 25 00 21. H. Gabell, Decorating Stand 30 00 22. Palmetto National Bank, Band 100 00 Miss Shaffer, Typewriting 5 00 VanMetre, Chairs 25 00 23. Shand Builders' Supply Co., Lumber for Stand. . 171 04 McFaddin, Services 25 00 R. L. Bryan Co., Invitations and Badges 412 10 24. Todd, Expense Band from Charleston 54 60 Eaton, Watchman at Monument 24 00 26. Miss McClintock, Dinner Confederate Home Girls 21 50 Gilliard, Carriages 6 00 27. Stamps 2 00 Strickland Livery Co., Carriages 3 00 Collins, Drayage 53 90 28. B. A. Morgan, Expense 14 57 30, Martin's Stables, Carriages 16 00 Dec. 3. Mimnaugh, Veil for Monument 40 10 4. John D. Frost, Loading and Reloading Cannon and Freight 15 75 Postal Tel. Co 1 00 Martin's Stables, Carriages 6 00 Hotel Jerome, Board Gen. M. C. Butler 34 50 McFaddin, Preparing Financial Statement and Report 20 00 N. W. Brooker, Commissions, Paid by Gen. Wilie Jones 16 18 A. Moses, Expense 4 00 E. M. Seabrook, Expense 13 00 Miss Hawes, Typewriting 3 25 Mclver Williamson, Expense 6 19 Mclver Williamson, Expense 6 50 R. I. Manning, Expense 9 00 Cash on hand 322 62 $29,961 89 12 Speeches Made at the Unveiling SPEECH BY HON. M. A. MORGAN. "Governor Heyward: The Commission you appointed by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly to erect an equestrian statue to the memory of Wade Hampton has discharged that duty, and wishes to make its final report to you. "We were so pleased with the honor of the appointment that we failed for the moment to grasp the extent of the responsibility imposed. As was natural, we hastened to the perfomiance of an agreeable undertaking and procured the Act of the General Assem- bly to make it our chart in the task set before us. You can imagine our sense of helplessness when we found that the Act contained no hint or suggestion of what the monument should be, save that it must be equestrian. "We realized that the memory of the great chieftain, an illustrious warrior, the hero of an hundred battle fields, must find expression in that statue; that the Hampton of Reconstruction, the Hampton of '76, the Hampton as Governor, and in the Senate of the United States — citizen, statesman and the leader and the loved of all Caro- lina's yeomanry — must be crystalized and perpetuated in the monu- ment that we build. "The wide world of the sculptor's art lay before us ; myriads of forms and figures, phantom-like, sprang into view, but out of the vastness of it all we carved yonder statue, and in the fulfillment of the duty assigned us, we present it to you and through you to the people of the State." GOVERNOR HEYWARD'S SPEECH. Mr. Chairman and my fellow-citizens : This occasion brings to- gether patriotic citizens from every section of South Carolina. Busy men have left all the important aflfairs which absorb their time and attention — they have left all to come to the Capital of their State and to take part in the exercises which will again do honor to the memory of Carolina's greatest son. This occasion brings together from every college in our State delegations of young men and maidens, the future hope of our 13 country. They have left their duties and have come with college presidents, officers and teachers, not only to have the privilege of sharing in these exercises, but that they may once more gather inspiration from the life and deeds of him whose monument now stands unveiled before us in all its splendor. To-day we have with us many of the soldier boys of South Caro- lina. They march with bands playing and with hearts beating with soldierly pride, these sons of sires who with Wade Hampton, under the Stars and Bars, fought and bled for the Lost Cause, and whose deeds of heroism gave glory to Southern manhood and Southern patriotism, and "advanced the world in honor." And gathered here are the noble women of our State, once more to pay their faithful and loving tribute to our great leader, and in so doing to inspire Southern chivalry with the purest and loftiest inspirations ever given to brave men. They have come, these fair daughters of South Carolina, matrons and maids, and by their presence hallow these exercises, while the light of a sacred love shines in their eyes as they turn their gaze from the bronze horse and its bronze rider to yonder oak beneath whose shade lies the old cavalier in the dreamless sleep that knows no waking. And with us to-day are many of the men who wore the gray, the unfaltering, self-sacrificing, glory-crowned veterans of the Southern Confederacy. Here are gathered a few of the survivors of the im- mortal Hampton Legion — ^that band of cavalrymen, who, in all his battles, in the rushing whirlwind of the charge, amidst the blinding smoke and the flashing sabres, followed the plume of Hampton, more valiantly than ever Frenchmen followed the helmet of Navarre. Pride should be with those old soldiers to-day, for in honoring Hampton we honor them, and the honor which is his will be shared by those whom he lead. Together they fought for home and country, and fame has no greater heritage for any than the halo of glory which belongs to the gray knights of the Hampton Legion. There are here representatives of all that has made our State great and honored in the past. With these are such memories as can only belong to such a people — memories of peace and of war ; memories of hope and of despair ; memories, alas ! of defeat, but fadeless memories of glory and honor. And so, in behalf of South Carolina, in behalf of all that we as a people hold dear; by our memories of the past and our hopes for the future ; by all that Hampton did for the State he loved so well. Senator Marshall and gentlemen of the Commission, I, as Governor, proudly accept this 14 magnificent bronze statue of our great warrior and statesman, whose cherished memory it will be the pride of South Carolinians to transmit to their children's children through all generations yet to come. And now, my countrymen, I have only to add words that are unnecessary for a South Carolina audience. It is meet and proper that on this occasion extended tribute should be paid to a life given in service to his State; it is meet and proper that some of the deeds both in peace and war which added lustre to the name of Hampton, even as they added renown to the State, should be re- counted to-day. And could 3^onder silent bronze figure speak ; could the voice of friendship be heard once more, and the spirit of him who sleeps so quietly in old Trinity churchyard inspire us — all of these would ask that only one who had stood side by side with him in peace and in war, in victory and in defeat, in sunshine and in shadow, should speak to us of Hampton and of his deeds. We have with us one who with Hampton wore the uniform of gray ; who rode by his side during the four long years of deadly struggle ; who during the trying days of Reconstruction worked with him for the redemption of our State, and who, when redemption came, sat with him for years in the Senate of the United States. Of him Hampton once said to a gentleman now seated upon this platform and a mem- ber of this Commission: "Butler was the coolest man in danger and the grandest man in a fight I ever saw." I now take pleasure in presenting to this great concourse Major General M. C. Butler, the orator of the day. GEN. M. C. BUTLER'S SPEECH. The address of Gen. M. C. Butler to the veterans of the Con- federacy- and the South Carolinians in general gathered at th( unveiling of the monument erected to the memory of Gen. Wade Hampton is a contribution to the written history as well as an elo- quent tribute to General Hampton and to the Confederate soldiers. Following is the address : This splendid pageant, made up of the remnant, the survivors of the incomparable armies of the Confederacy, reinforced by the gallant State National Guard, a later generation of citizen-soldiers, and the great concourse of people from all sections of the State, is a fitting tribute to the illustrious citizen-soldier and statesman whose monument we unveil to-dav. I trust I shall not be charsfed 15 with exaggeration or undeserved State pride when I say this Httle State of ours has produced, according to population and geographi- cal area, as many very distinguished men, who have served their country faithfully and well, as any of her sister commonwealths, more than many of them. No higher encomium can be conferred upon a man than to say he was an illustrious citizen of a great State, that State an integral part of a constitutional republic of limited powers, founded upon the sovereignty of the people, "the consent of the governed," as against the sovereignty of the king. Such a citizen in such a State is endowed with the "'divine right" to rule — and assumes with that right the responsibilities and obliga- tions that attach to all rulers in government. The object of our profound respect and admiration. General Wade Hampton, impersonated by this beautiful and enduring statue, was an ideal example of that citizenship to which I have adverted. It has been said, and truly said, that no man can properly and successfully administer the afifairs of government as a representative of sovereign people who has not learned to govern himself. It is equally true that there are certain essential qualities of character —among them self-respect, self-control, fidelity in the performance of duty, integrity and genuine courage — that are indispensable in attaining the highest point of true manhood. General Hampton was endowed with all these in an eminent degree. The possession of them, with a superb presence and an unaffected dignity, enabled him to exercise that marvelous control over large bodies of men amid turmoil and excitement for which he was so famous. I have remarked that this State has produced many very distin- guished men. In the great forum of debate, when the colonies were preparing to secede from the mother country for reasons satisfactory to themselves and organize an independent government, founded, as I have said, on the sovereignty of the people and administered by representatives of the people appointed by them, we find the names of Rutledge, Pinckney, Middleton, Pierce Butler, Lowndes and Heyward taking a conspicuous and commanding part— contributing by their cultivated intellects and patriotic efforts in establishing a government experimental in character, therefore untried in the his- tory of human governments ; their distinguished colleagues from the other colonies co-operating zealously and ably towards a common end. 16 And when the edict of rebellion and insurrection was hurled against them from the British crown, and they took up arms to vindicate their action and fight for the independent government they had proclaimed to the world, we find added to this galaxy of courage- ous patriots the names of Hampton, Pickens, Laurens, Marion, Sumter and others less conspicuous but none the less entitled to our veneration and respect. And later, on the eve and during the second war for independence, 1812, we find the names of Calhoun, that intellectual prodigy, Lowndes, William Butler, Hampton, and some of those before mentioned, representing the State with surpassing ability in the civic and military tribunals — always among the foremost in vindicat- ing the rights of the people, the States and the Federal government. And further on down the course of time, when that intellectual battle between intellectual giants arose and was conducted in the national arena over the powers of the State and Federal governments under their respective written Constitutions and their proper Constitution, we may add the names of Hayne and Poinsett, Legare and Pickens, and McDuffie, Butler, Elmore, Rhett, Barnwell, Thompson, Pres- ton, Hammond, Brooks, Bonham, Chesnut and others who illumine the political history of the times by their ardent patriotism, surpass- ing talents, irresistible oratory and finished scholarship. This, of course, is an incomplete roll call of the great men who in the past reflected so much honor and credit on themselves and their State, South Carolinians may well pride themselves on the record made by her distinguished sons in the legislative, executive and judicial departments of the government. State and Federal, in the diplomatic and military service, in the learned professions, in the ministry and industrial pursuits. This brings us to the period, 1860, when the political debate ended, and the controversy conducted with so much ability, acrimony and finally bitterness on both sides as to the powers of the Federal and State government was adjourned to the battle field. General Hampton did not subscribe to the doctrine of the separate State action by South Carolina to secede from the Union alone on the election of an anti-slavery President, but he did believe that allegiance to his State was paramount to allegiance to the Federal government, and when the issue was fairly joined as to what was the correct interpretation of the respective contentions and it was decided to settle the controversy with the sword, he did not hesitate as to his duty. 17 Contemporaneous opinion of the right or wrong, the justification or otherwise of secession, is of no great vahie. We are all on both sides of that question amenable to the influences of environment, pride of opinion, bias or, if you please, prejudice. When the body of the controversy, if I may be permitted such an expression, is placed on the dissecting table, in years to come, in the hands of a cold, dispassionate, political, historical SQ'ientist, he will decide upon the evidence, and render a verdict accordingly. For one, I am willing to abide by the finding. If in less than a half century after the event, the trend of political power towards centralization in the Federal government, and in like proportion has minimized the powers and influence of the States and people, it requires no great stretch of prophetic opinion to say, what the next half century will bring forth, and how wise and far-seeing the statesman and publicist were who struggled against such a tendency. My countrymen, if you could have been with me forty-five years ago last June, at a point about three miles north of where we now stand, you could have seen the martial figure of Wade Hampton, about forty-three years of age, in the plenitude of his vigorous manhood, organizing, equipping, preparing for active duty in the field, a body of as fine soldiers — the Hampton Legion — as ever shouldered a musket, drew a saber or handled a sponge-stafif. The legion was composed of eight companies O'f infantry, four troops of cavalry and two batteries of horse artillery — the very flower and pick of the patriotism and manhood of those who volun- teered their services to defend their convictions of right and duty to their State. No better than thousands of their countrymen who adopted the same line of action, all equal to any soldiers of any army, in any time in the world's history. The legions of Cjesar, the grenadiers of Frederick, the old guard of Napoleon, the Queen's Guards, the Scotch Highlanders of Great Britain, were not their superiors. This is a high character for the Confederate soldier, but I make it deliberately with a full knowledge of its purport. More- over, this claim js being more and more recognized by the miHtary critics of the world. The field and staff of the Hampton Legion were Wade Hampton, colonel; B. J. Johnson, lieutenant colonel, and J. B. Grififin, major; adjutant, T. C. Barker ; quarter-master, Claude L. Goodwin ; com- missary, Thomas Beggs ; surgeon, John T. Darby ; assistant sur- geons, Benjamin W. Taylor and Henry W. Moore. On the death of Colonel Johnson, killed at the First Manassas, Major Griffin was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, assigned to the command of the infantry. Captain M. C. Butler, promoted to the rank of major, assigned to the command of the cavalry, a;nd Captain James Connor, promoted to the rank of major, and assigned to the infantry. Stephen D. Lee was captain of one battery of horse artillery and Captain W. K. Bachman the other. In the reorganization, or rather the separation of the three branches of the service, Captain M. W. Gary was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned to the infantry, which retained the name, was subsequently increased to a regiment with Lieutenant Colonel Gary as colonel. The four troops by the addition of six troops was increased to a regiment and Major M. C. Butler was chosen colonel of what was afterwards known as the Second South Carolina Cavalry. Captain Stephen D. Lee was promoted, finally reaching the rank of lieutenant general. Lieutenant James F. Hart was made captain of the battery, and known afterwards as Hart's battery, and with Bachman's was assigned to different commands in the Army of Northern Virginia. The Hampton Legion furnished to the Confederate armies two lieutenant generals, one major general and three brigadier's As a general officer, General Hampton's staff consisted of Major T. G. Barker, Major H. B. McClellan, Colonel Thos. Taylor, Captain Rawlins Lowndes. Dr. B. W. Taylor and Major John S. Preston. Time will not permit me to follow these and the other officers of the original organization of the legion through the different grades and arms of the service. Suffice it to say they all flushed their maiden swords under the splendid leadership of General Hamp- ton, and, leaving the present speaker out of consideration, they all distinguished themselves as gallant, valiant soldiers in their respect- ive spheres of duty. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Hampton Statue Commission, when I did myself the honor to accept your invitation to deliver the address of the occasion, I decided to devote the time allotted to me to a review of General Hampton's military record, and accordingly addressed a note to the accomplished military secretary of the army. Major F. C. Ainsworth, requesting such information as might be preserved in the records of the War Department at Washington. The following is his courteous reply, accompanied by the statement of the military service of Wade Hampton, C. S. A : 19 War Department, The Military Secretary's office. Washington, October 18, 1906. Gen. M. C. Butler, Woodlawn, S. C. My Dear General : In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 15th inst., I have the honor to transmit herewith a statement of the military service of Wade Hampton in the Con- federate States army. It is proper to remark in this connection that honorable mention of his conduct on several occasions also appears in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, and can be found by consulting the indexes to Volumes II., XL, XII., XIX., XXL, XXV., XXVIL, XXIX, XXXIIL, XXXVL, XL., XLVL, and XLVII. of said publication under the entry of his name. Very respectfully, F. C. Ainsworth, The Military Secretary. War Department, The Military Secretary's Office. Statement of the military service of Wade Hampton, C. S. A, : Colonel, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, June 12, 1861. Brigadier General, Provisional Army, Confederate States, May 23, 1862. Major General, Provisional Army, Confederate States, August 3, 1863. Lieutenant General, Provisional Army, Confederate States, Feb- ruary 14, 1865. Hampton's Career. Wade Hampton entered the military service of the Confederate States as colonel of the Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volun- teers, June 12. 1861, said legion consisting of eight companies of infantry, four companies of cavalry and two companies of artillery. With the infantry of his command. Col. Hampton participated in the first battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861, where he was wounded. He bore a part as a brigade commander in the subse- quent battle on the peninsula of Virginia, from the beginning of operation at Yorktown until the battle of Seven Pines, where he was again wounded. The composition of his brigade appears to have been as follows : Fourteenth and Nineteenth Georgia, Hamp- ton Legion, Sixteenth North Carolina and Moody's (Louisiana) batterv. fev.: 20 During the Seven Days' battles he was in temporary command O'f a brigade consisting of the Tenth, Twenty-third and Thirty-seventh Virginia infantry and Wooding's (Virginia) battery, but the records fail to show fully the names of the field and staff officers of those organizations at that time. On July 28, 1862, he was assigned to the command of a brigade of cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia, with which he actively served under the command of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in the operation in ^Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, until wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863. From September 9, 1863, to August 11, 1864, he was in command of a division of cavalry operating in northern Virginia and in the ca,mpaign from the Wilderness to Richmond and Petersburg. On August 11, 1864, Maj. Gen. Hampton was assigned to the command of the cavalry of the Army of Northern A'irginia, with which he continued until late in January or early in February, 1865. On February 7, 1865, he was assigned to command Butler's and Young's division of cavalry, in the department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Lieut. Gen. Hardee commanding. (For copy of only order bearing on the subject of this assignment that has been found of record, see Official Records of the Union and Con- federate Armies, series 1, volume XLVH., part H., p. 1112.) He was engaged in resisting the advance of the Union army under Gen. Sherman through the Carolinas, and was present in the field at the time of the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army, but no record of his final capture or parole has been found. F. C. Ainsworth, The ?\Iilitary Secretary. War Department, The Military Secretary's Office. Washington, October IS, 1906. . There are two errors in the foregoing ; first, in saying on February 7, 1865, General Hampton was assigned to the command of Butler's and Young's division of cavalry. It should be Butler's and Wheeler's division of cavalry. And second, in saying that General Hampton was present in the field at the time of the surrender of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, as is shown by the following correspondence : Chester, 27 April. 1865. General York : Forward following dispatch by courier to Breckinridge. (Signed) William Preston Johnston. 21 Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, Company Shops : Some time ago I notified Gen. Johnston not to include me in any surrender. You gave me orders to move on (25th). In return I find army surrendered; think I am free. What is your decision? Answer here at Greensboro. Wade Hampton, Lieutenant General. Love's Ford, Broad River, 28th April, 1865. Lieutenant General Wade Hampton, Greensboro, Lexington, Salis- bury, or any other point on line : Your dispatches of 2?th received. The verbal directions to you contemplated your meeting Gen. Johnston and his action before any convention with enemy. If my letter to him of 2oth which you car- ried was not received before completion of terms, the government, with its imperfect knowledge of the facts, cannot interfere as to the body of the troops ; but in regard to yourself, if not present nor consenting, it is the opinion of the government that you and others in like condition are free to come out. John C. Breckinridge, Secretary of War. As a matter of fact, both General Hampton and General Wheeler left General Joseph E. Johnston's army before or after it reached Greensboro, X. C., and during the armistice agreed upon between Generals Johnston and Sherman, intending to make their way to the Trans-Mississippi and join Lieutenant General Kirby Smith in com- mand of the Confederate forces in that department. Proceeding as far as Charlotte, X. C, as I was informed at the time, they abandoned their purpose and returned to their homes. I speak advisedly on this point because, as the ranking cavalry officer in his army when the final terms /Of capitulation were agreed upon. General Johnston appointed me one of the commissioners to act with !Major General Hartzoff, appointed by General Sherman, to sign the muster rolls of all the Confederate cavalry present, and those rolls must be on file in the war records office in Washington. But, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I find it impossible in the time which I can properly occupy to do full justice to the brilliant militar\- record of General Hampton. This would require a volume. I will, therefore, have to limit myself to a few of the incidents of his career, leaving to his biographer a complete histon.- of his great achieve- ments, both military and civil, when time and opportunity will enable him to do full justice. 23 Permit me, in passing, to congratulate you in securing the services of so accomplished an artist and sculptor, for the design and com- pletion of this historic picture, and to congratulate him, Mr. Ruck- stuhl, on the taste and ability shown by him in his work. The appearance, the pose, the ornamentation, the artistic propor- tions, the likeness, the mounted attitude, are as near perfect as it seems to me human efforts and ingenuity can make them. I find the following inscriptions are engraved on the body of the monu- ment : West side : Erected by the State of South Carolina and Her Citizens to Wade Hampton. South Side: Governor of South Carolina 1876-1879. United States Senator 1879-1891. Bentonville, Brandy Station, Sappony Church, Cold Harbor, Hawes' Shop. East side : Born March 18, 1818. Died April 11, 1902. Erected A. D. 1906. North Side: Commander of Hampton Legion, C. S. A. Trevilian, Seven Pines, Burgess' Mill, First Manassas, Gettys- burg. The names refer to the battles in which General Hampton took a prominent part. Other Great Battles. These inscriptions are historically correct, but limited in the num- bers of events in which General Hampton bore a conspicuous part. Necessarily, from want of space, they convey a very faint idea of his four years' military servifce. We might appropriately add, with- out doing violence to the truth of history, Sharpsburg, Barbees' Cross Roads, Martinsburg, night attack on Dahlgreen's column near Richmond, McDowell's Farm, where the gallant General John Duno- vant was killed and his body committed to the care of my gallant courier boy, U. R. Brooks, who frequently acted as one of my staff officers ; Armstrong's Mill, Hick's Ford, Reams' Station, night attack on Kilpatrick's camp in North Carolina, Fayetteville, N. C. What an army of fierce cavalry conflicts arise in my mind as I attempt to enumerate the few just mentioned. I have been often asked if General Hampton was a good tactician. If, in a minor technical sense, I answer to the best of my judgment, "No," I 2a doubt if he ever read a technical book on tactics. He had no need to. He was himself master of grand tactics. He knew how to manoLiver the units of his command so as to occupy for offensive or defensive action the strongest points on the battle field, and that is about all there is in tactics. A successful strategist has a broader field for the employment of his military qualities. General Hampton appeared possessed of almost an instinctive topographical talent. He could take in the strong strategic points in the field of his operations with an accuracy of judgment that was surprising to his comrades. It was not necessary for him to study Jomine Na- poleon's Campaigns, and other high authorities in the art of war. He was a law unto himself on. such matters. According to the rules laid down in the books, he would do the most unmilitary things. He would hunt his antagonist as he would hunt big game in the forest. The celerity and audacity of his movements against the front, sometimes on the flank, then again in the rear, kept his enemies in a constant state of uncertainty and anxiety as to wher