Volume 35, No. 12 – December 2022
Website:
www.CivilWarRoundTablePalmBeach.org
The President’s Message:
Welcome the holidays by attending our December meeting. Besides
camaraderie, you can enjoy the experience of learning something new
about this historical period. Please bring a friend, relative, pet
panther or ocelot.
Dues are due, and there will not be an increase.
Gerridine LaRovere
December 14, 2022 Program:
William D. McEachern, award-winning novelist, lecturer, and historian,
will present a talk entitled:
Wade Hampton, Hampton's Legion, and James A. McEachern.
The talk will highlight Mr. McEachern’s great-grandfather, James
A. McEachern. Wounded
twice, James McEachern fought for the Confederacy.
From Fort Sumter through Appomattox, serving in the infantry and
mounted infantry. He was
engaged in most major battles in the eastern theatre as well as Lookout
Mountain and Knoxville.
Before the War Wade Hampton was the richest man in the South and
probably the United States.
Although he opposed secession, he decided to the serve the Confederacy.
Out of his own funds, he enlisted and equipped a legion of
infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
During the War, the legion was separated into its constituent
parts, with Wade Hampton leading the cavalry portion, finally rising to
lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia upon the death
of Jeb Stuart. After the
War he was active in politics and became governor of South Carolina.
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