Letter from Mabel to Amy, Feb. 20, 1960 (page 3)
Book 1, Page 16 ·1818–1866
Transcription
Page 3 of the handwritten letter, on Mrs. Waveland S. FitzSimons / 1/2 Tradd Street / Charleston, S. C. letterhead.
Children of Col Wade Hampton & Anne Fitz Simons were.
Gen. Wade Hampton 1818
Christopher Fitz Simons Hampton 1821
Harriett 1823
Katherine 1824
Ann 1826
Caroline 1828
Frank 1829 killed in battle.
Elizabeth 1831 — 1866
Mary Fisher b. 1833.
I am now working on Alston & Hammonds. What I am asking is whether I am giving you what you want. If not — tell me what to do. Fitz had a bad spell yesterday. He is at home. Was taken with a terrible headache. Dr O’Dea sent him to Dr Marshall eye dotor. They agree that he has a blood clot at each temple. He cannot see only
AI Notes
Page 3 of Mabel’s February 20, 1960 letter to Amy. Lists the children of Col. Wade Hampton and Anne FitzSimons, then turns to a personal aside about the writer’s husband Fitz suffering a bad spell, sent to Dr. Marshall, eye doctor; doctors agree he has a blood clot at each temple. Letter continues onto page 017. Mabel’s nine-child list (Gen. Wade 1818, Christopher Fitz Simons Hampton 1821, Harriett 1823, Katherine 1824, Ann 1826, Caroline 1828, Frank 1829 killed in battle, Elizabeth 1831-1866, Mary Fisher b. 1833) is more complete than the standard Wikipedia roster of Wade II × Ann FitzSimons (which typically names only Wade III, Christopher, Frank, Mary, Catherine, Caroline). ‘Frank 1829 killed in battle’ is Col. Frank Hampton, killed at Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. ‘Fitz’ (the writer’s husband suffering blood-clot headaches) is Waveland S. FitzSimons of 1/2 Tradd Street. Mabel uses ‘Harriett’ with double-t in the source, though the people index normalises to single-t.
Letter continues on next page.
The “Frank 1829 killed in battle” entry refers to Frank Hampton, Lt. Col. of the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry — killed at the Battle of Brandy Station on 9 June 1863, sabered across the face and shot in the abdomen while holding the southern section of Hansbrough Ridge against the 6th Ohio Cavalry. Brandy Station — fought near Culpeper, Virginia at the opening of the Gettysburg Campaign — was the largest predominantly-cavalry engagement of the Civil War and is widely judged the end of Confederate cavalry dominance in the East. Frank was a younger brother of Wade Hampton III, the family’s most famous kinsman.