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Wade Hampton Leads South Carolina From War’s Shadow
A historical recount of Wade Hampton’s rise to govern Charleston era tensions after the Civil War. It covers the 1876 Democratic convention in Columbia, Hampton’s nomination, martial law under Grant, and the peaceful inauguration amid federal troop withdrawal.
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South
Moses
South Carolina
Daniel H. Chamberlain
Thomas Y. Simons
Charleston
National Democratic Committee
State Central Committee
Columbia
M. C. Butler
Samuel McGowan
Abbeville
Johnson Hagood
Barnwell
Frank W Dawson
Dawson
State Committee
St. Louis
Lancaster
Marlboro
J. B. Kershaw
Kershaw
M. L. Bonham
Edgefield
T. Y. Simons
J. A. Hoyt
Anderson
A. McQueen
Chesterfield
F. Perry
Greenvalle
T.¢._ Gaston
Chester
Democratic
Wade Hampton
General Hampton
Hampton
Cormon
Virginia
Chamberlain
Republic
Grant
United States
W. T. Sherman
U. S. Army
Ruger
Laurens
Assembly Hall
State House
Gov Hampton
Col. Haskell
Senate
Carolina Hall
Wells
Rutherford B. Hayes
South Canling
Hoeipten
Trampton
Washington
D. H. Chamberlain
South Carolna
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