Wade Hampton

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2020-03-13 10:53
Character Key Number: 
3671
Display Name: 
Wade Hampton
Sort Name: 
Hampton, Wade
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Wade Hampton fought with Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. He was a brigadier general during the fighting at Gaine's Mill in 1862. In The Reivers Lucius' great-grandfather was serving under Hampton as "a color-sergeant" until being wounded in that battle (278).

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