Comments on: North & South Volume 9, Number 2 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2006/05/13/north-south-volume-9-number-2/ Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: JD Myers http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2006/05/13/north-south-volume-9-number-2/comment-page-1/#comment-224 JD Myers Wed, 24 May 2006 21:16:28 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2006/05/13/north-south-volume-9-number-2/#comment-224 Years ago, in a Civil War type magazine, I read that Wade Hampton once captured a Union soldier that happened to be bathing. Hampton took mercy on the soldier and released him after taking his boots. The boots were for one of his own troopers. The captured and released Union soldier promised to name his first-born son after Hampton in return for his release. Supposedly, years later they happened to meet in Washington, DC when Hampton was a Senator. My Great-Grandfather served in the Union Army. When he returned home he named his first born son Wade Hampton Myers, my Grandfather. It has always seemed peculiar to me that a Union soldier would name a son after a former enemy. I loaned that magazine with the article, to someone to read and then I lost track of it. The person I had thought I had loaned it to denied having ever seen it. Has anyone you know of, ever heard of this story about Hampton and the union soldier? Thanks Years ago, in a Civil War type magazine, I read that Wade Hampton once captured a Union soldier that happened to be bathing.
Hampton took mercy on the soldier and released him after taking his boots. The boots were for one of his own troopers.
The captured and released Union soldier promised to name his first-born son after Hampton in return for his release. Supposedly, years later they happened to meet in Washington, DC when Hampton was a Senator.

My Great-Grandfather served in the Union Army. When he returned home he named his first born son Wade Hampton Myers, my Grandfather.

It has always seemed peculiar to me that a Union soldier would name a son after a former enemy.

I loaned that magazine with the article, to someone to read and then I lost track of it. The person I had thought I had loaned it to denied having ever seen it.

Has anyone you know of, ever heard of this story about Hampton and the union soldier? Thanks

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