wade hampton's family has 2,000 slaves and wade hampton doesn't like slavery. he knows it's over, but the bank holds his paper. he's actually broke except for the slaves and his father was considered the richest man in the south. he was on paper, but not really. so there are all these turbulent dilemmas. meanwhile, the entire world is changing. london, the center of civilization at that point. london begins the 1860s as the grimy, dirty, grubby, cholera-ridden city of charles dickens. by the end of the decade, anthony trollup of the modern world and a sewage systems, and urban renovation, people figure out that oh, yeah, cholera is caused by infected water and as another quick aside, you had this ridiculously unfair picture of civil war doctors as brutal butchers. when you had these mass, quick expansions of the army in the beginning of the war, of course, you hired some doctors that weren't very good and they get fired, but the germ theory of disease is already being discussed among the better-educated doctors and its come up in budapest. a decade and a half b

the equestrian monument to wade hampton is another. the monument to the women of the confederacy is a third. all of these were created by a sculptor named frederick wellington rux tell from new york who represented sophisticated european training, the same level of competence and ambition that had been represented in the original construction of the state house itself. it's interesting that one of the more recent monuments created was the monument to the african-american experience, which takes us right back, doesn't it, to the pedimental sculpture which was destroyed and not built. the african-american monument here we might say is the equivalent of the new martin luther king monument on the mile in washington. in both cases a sculptural representation of significant experience from the american citizens. monuments because they are serious often illicit controversy. on our state house grounds, perhaps, the monument to the confederate soldier and confederate flag behind it represent controversy, deeply felt historical experience. and t

the equestriangenerals, the monument to wade hampton, the monument to the women of the confederacy.ll created by frederick ruckstull from new york. who represented the same level of competence and ambition that had been represented in the original construction of the state house itself. it's interesting that one of the more recent monuments created was the monument to the african-american experience, which takes us right back, doesn't it to the sculpting. but the african-american monument here we might say is the equivalent of the new martin luther king monument on the mall in washington. in both the cases, a sculpting of the experience of american citizens. monuments because they're serious often elicit controversy. on our state grounds the monument to the the confederate solar, deeply felt historical experience. and they're a group of people who cherish what they represent. and there are others who feel it's something dark that should be suppressed. my own feeling is it's part of our history, and there it is, and we accept it for what it is. despite the long, drawn out constructio

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wade hampton's family has 2,000 slaves. and wade hampton doesn't like slavery, he knows it's over. but the bank holds his paper. he's actually broke except for the slaves. and his father was considered the richest man in the south. he was on paper but not really. so there were all these turbulent dilemmas. london, the center of civilization at that point, london begins the 1860s as the grimy, dirty cholera ridden city of charles dickens decades. people think call raw is caused pie infected water. when you have these mass quick expansion of the armies in the very beginning of the war, of course you hire some doctors who weren't very good, and they get fired. but the german theory of disease is already being discussed among some of the better educated doctors. a doctor made an elementary discovery. he realized if a fever, after dissecting a corpse to find out what killed her, he washed his hands with lie soap before he went upstory stairs and delivered a baby, the mother and child were better able to survive. increasingly, especially the younger ones accepted it. why are they amputat

political generals in his army's upper echelon until the death of jeb stewart and his replacement by wade hampton and later of course by john b. gordon. end of the second corps in the final days. grant has to operate entirely in enemy country, maintaining long and increasingly longer lines of communication subject to degradations of bipartisans. lee campaigned almost exclusively on home ground except for gettysburg. in short, lee has got some substantial and significant advantages to help offset grant's superiority of numbers and materiel. that they could offset those things is amply demonstrated with what lee did to mcclellan, polk, burnside, hooker. there's another losing hand. had any of those officers been in command in virginia in the spring of 1864, is there any reason to suppose they would have done any better against lee than they had before? so what if? but it's a tantalizing one. there are strong differences in their personal pluses and minuses. in 1864 when they first meet in the field, lee is 57, which right now doesn't sound too old to me. his physical, mental, emotional and spiritua

as you get into the monuments -- only a few monuments on the capitol -- one, general wade hampton. small references to robert e. lee and jefferson davis. obviously, the one that usually gets most attention is actually, as you reference, a pitchfork, ben tillman, former populous -- demands the most attention. i raised some questions yesterday about marian sims, who was not a soldier, but a scientist in object "star trek" particulars who used his authority and power to torture dozens of enslaved women and children as he perfected his craft in gynecology. and i don't believe that a monument to him should be standing here in columbia, south carolina, in montgomery, alabama, or in new york city. i find it wholly offensive on a number of different levels. i believe there is a period of self-reflection, a thoughtful process, that requires people to come together. we have to make sure that those of us who want to see good things happen, that we enforce a good, strong, positive dialogue. you can't meet hate with hate. you've got to meet hate with love and grace and mercy. and encourage peop