Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. An 1854 Harvard graduate and a member of the South Carolina legislature, he took command of Hampton's Legion after the wounding of Colonel Wade Hampton at First Bull Run (Manassas). He commanded the last Confederate troops to leave Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, and he helped escort Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet in their flight south.
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. An 1854 Harvard graduate and a member of the South Carolina legislature, he took command of Hampton's Legion after the wounding of Colonel Wade Hampton at First Bull Run (Manassas). He commanded the last Confederate troops to leave Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, and he helped escort Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet in their flight south.
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