1899 Hampton and His Cavalry in'64, Confederate Civil War Memoir, Wells, 1st ed
Hampton and His Cavalry in'64. 429 pages, 14 pages index, (4)pp. Inner hinge cracked and separated from text block. Hampton commanded the famed Hampton's Legion. Following his recovery from a wound received in the early fighting of the Peninsula campaign in 1862, he was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to the cavalry.
He fought in most of the eastern theatre's major engagements, taking command of Lee's cavalry after the death of Jeb Stuart in 1864. A key figure in the operations around Petersburg, he was later given a last ditch effort to stop Sherman's army as it marched to South Carolina. Ex Sondley Library (Asheville, NC) copy.
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- Origin: American
- Country of Manufacture: United States
- Year Printed: 1899
- Topic: Civil War (1861-65)
- Binding: Hardcover
- Subject: Military & War
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition