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Hampton's Legion

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | 227 words | Copyright

Hampton's Legion an elite Confederate unit raised by, and equipped largely at the expense of, Wade Hampton. It enlisted the sons of the South Carolina aristocracy and consisted of companies of infantry, cavalry, and artillery.

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