Hampton's Legion
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Hampton's Legion was an American Civil War military unit of the Confederate States of America, organized and partially financed by wealthy South Carolina planter Wade Hampton III. Initially composed o
Wade Hampton statue on the South Carolina Statehouse lawn
Brothers Private Stephen D. and Private Moses M. Boynton of Co. C, Beaufort District Troop, Hampton Legion South Carolina Cavalry Battalion
J. Johnston Pettigrew
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James Johnston Pettigrew was an American writer, lawyer, and soldier. He served in the army of the Confederate States of America, fighting in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and played a prominent role in
Hampton's Legion
…Organized by Wade Hampton in early 1861, Hampton's Legion initially boasted a large number of South Carolina's leading citizens, including future generals J. Johnston Pettigrew, Stephen Dill Lee, Martin W. Gary, and Matthew C. Butler. Originally, the Legion comprised six companies of infantry, two of cavalry, and one of light…
Portrait by William Garl Browne, 1864.
Pettigrew circa 1855
Bronze plaque commemorating the site of Pettigrew's death near Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Tyrrell County Confederate Monument noting the death of General J. Johnston Pettigrew