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plantation near Mississippi river, 10 Feb., 1858, ecame lieutenant of dragoons in 1813, and was acting inspector-general and aide to Gen. Jackson at New Orleans in January, 1815. He succeeded to his father's estates ; his home at Columbia, S. C, was famous for its beauty and elegance, and the grounds were improved at a cost of $60,000, a large sum for that time. His sisters married Gen. John S. Preston and Gov. Richard Manning. — Wade, son of the second Wade, b. in Columbia, S. C., in 1818, was graduated at the University of South Caroli- na, and after- ward studied law, but with- out the inten- tion of practis- ing. Under his father's train- ing he became a good horse- man, a fa- mous hunter, and an accom- plished fish- erman. He served in the legislature of South Caroli- na in early life, but his politi-

cal views were

those of a Democrat of a national, rather than a se- cession, tendency, and were not popular in his state. His speech against the reopening of the slave-trade was called by the New York " Tribune " " a mas- ter-piece of logic, directed by the noblest senti- ments of the Christian and patriot." His earlier life was, however, devoted to his plantation inter- ests in South Carolina and Mississippi, and to the pursuits of a man of fortune. When the civil war began, Hampton first enlisted as a private, but soon raised a command of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, which was known as " Hampton's Legion," and won distinction in the war. At Bull Run 600 of his infantry held for some time the Warrenton road against Keyes's corps, and were sustaining Bee when Jackson came to their aid. In the pen- insular campaign they were again distinguished, and at Seven Pines lost half their number, and Hampton himself received a painful wound in the foot. Soon afterward he was made brigadier-gen- eral of cavalry, and assigned to Gen. J. B. B. Stu- art's command. He was frequently selected for de- tached service, in which he was uncommonly success- ful. In the Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns of 1862-'3 Hampton was actively engaged, and he distinguished himself at Gettysburg, receiving three wounds. It is said that twenty-one out of twenty-three field-officers and more than half the men in Hampton's command were killed or wounded in this battle. Hampton was made a major-general, with rank from 3 Aug., 1863. In 1864, after several days' fighting, he gave Sheridan a check at Trevillian's Station, which broke up a plan of campaign that included a junction with Hunter and the capture of Lynchburg. In twenty- three days he captured over 3,000 prisoners and much material of war, with a loss of 719 men. He was made commander of Lee's cavalry in August, with the rank of lieutenant-general, and in Septem- ber struck the rear of the National army at City Point, bringing away 400 prisoners and 2,486 beeves. Soon afterward, in another action, he captured 500 prisoners. In one of these attacks he lost his son in battle. Hampton was then detached to take com- mand of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's cavalry, and did what he could to arrest the advance of Sherman's army northward from Savannah in the spring of 1865. After the unfortunate burning of Columbia, S. C, on its evacuation by the Confederates, a sharp discussion arose between Gen. Hampton and Gen. Sherman, each charging the other with the wilful destruction of the city. After the war he at once engaged in cotton-planting, but was not successful. He accepted from the first all the legitimate consequences of defeat, an entire sub- mission to the law, and the civil and political equality of the negro ; but he has steadily defended the motives and conduct of his people and their leaders. In 1866, speaking of the negro, he said : " As a slave, he was faithful to us ; as a free man, let us treat him as a friend. Deal with him frank- ly, justly, kindly." During the reconstruction pe- riod Hampton's conciliatory policy found little fa- vor for some time, but in 1876 he was nominated for governor against Daniel H. Chamberlain. Each claimed to be elected, and two governments were organized, but Mr. Chamberlain finally yielded his claims. (See Chamberlain, Daniel H.) In 1878 he met with an accident by which he lost a leg : but, while his life was despaired of, he was elected to the U. S. senate, where he is still serving (1887). In the senate his course has been that of a con- servative Democrat. He has advocated a sound currency, resisting all inflation, and has generally acted in concert with Thomas A. Bayard, whose aspirations for the presidency he has supported. Gen. Hampton married in early life Margaret Preston, youngest daughter of Gen. Francis Pres- ton. His second wife was the daughter of Senator George McDuffie, of South Carolina.

HAMTRAMCK, John Francis, soldier, b. in Canada in 1757; d. in Detroit, Mich., 11 April, 1803. He served as captain in Dubois's New York regiment in the Revolutionary war, was appointed major of infantry, 29 Sept., 1789, and lieutenant- colonel, commanding the 1st sub-legion, 18 Feb., 1793. He held command of the left wing of Gen. Wayne's armv, and was distinguished in his victory on the Miami on 20 Aug., 1794. In 1802 he re- ceived the commission of colonel. He was an ex- emplary disciplinarian. A monument was erected to his memory and placed in the grounds of St. Anne's Roman Catholic church, Detroit, by the officers whom he had commanded. — His son, John Francis, soldier, b. in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1798 ; d. in Shepherdstown, Va., 21 April, 1858, was a sergeant in Zachary Taylor's expedition up the Mississippi river in 1814, and, owing to his bravery in an action opposite the mouth of Rock river, Illinois, 19 July, 1814, with 700 Sac and Fox Indians supported by British batteries, received an appointment to the U. S. military academy. He was graduated in 1819 and assigned to the artillery, but resigned in 1822, and settled near St. Louis, Mo., where he became a planter. From 1826 till 1831 he was Indian agent for the Osage tribe. He removed to Shepherdstown, Va., in 1832, where he engaged as a planter. In 1835 he was captain of the Virginia militia, and held this post until his death. He served in the Mexican war as colonel of the 1st regiment of Virginia volunteers. From 8 March till 20 July, 1848, he was governor of Saltillo. From 1850 till 1854 he was mayor of Shepherdstown. In 1853 he was appointed justice of the Jefferson county court, which office he held until the time of his death.

HANAFORD, Phebe Anne, author, b. in Nantucket, Mass., 6 May, 1829. Her father, Capt.