(1819 - 1902) Confederate lieutenant general of cavalry whose daring exploits at Antietam, Gettysburg, and Petersburg won him fame in both North and South. Fine association war-date A.L.S. 'Wade Hampton Co. [Hampton's] Legion], and signed again in the text, 1p. oblong 8vo., 'Headquarters Hampton Legion', Nov. 11, 1861 to Gen. PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARD. In part: '...Captain Terwin has shown me his application to be detailed for duty in his native district of Beaufort, So. Ca. & I write to say that this application met my approval. If this troop can be spared at present from this line, I would willingly allow them to return home where their services are more needed and where they could do good service...' Closely-trimmed at bottom, else very good. At the time, Beaufort was threatened as Hilton Head Island, just to the south, had beem captured by Union amphibious forces only days earlier. By the end of November, Beaufort would fall, making it one of the first communities in the Deep South to be held in Union hands.