[carton253]

Wade Hampton did. He outfitted Hampton's Legion consisting of 6 companies of infantry, 4 companies of cavarly, and one battery of artillery.

[Non-Sequitur]

Wade Hampton was also one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina, if not all the South. He could have funded his troops from petty cash, and certainly did not sell everything to raise his troops as stand watie claims.

Watie didn't sell anything to raise the regiment he commanded. It was authorized by the rebel government and armed and equipped by them.

[stand watie]

YEP.

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