The Eye

Wade Hampton III, born in 1818, was a Confederate cavalryman in the Civil War, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-General.

He had been active in politics before the war, and returned to it, an embittered man, afterwards. He became a leading fighter against Republican Reconstruction in the south, he went in to serve again in the Senate, and was also the US Railroad Commissioner for a time, having been appointed by President Grover Cleveland.

During World War Two a liberty ship was named for him - the SS Wade Hampton.

The monument to him in this photograph is situated in Marion Square, Charleston, SC