Written Endorsement of South Carolina Confed General Wade Hampton - Nov 4th 1864

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From the personal wartime papers of Dr. Theodore. A. LaFar of Charleston, South Carolina (born 14 October 1831 in Charleston and died 28 December 1912 in Chattachoochee, Florida and buried in the French Protestant Huguenot Cemetery in Charleston).
A Google search reveals the 1890 proceedings of the South Carolina legislature that accepted four South Carolina Confederate Battle Flags from Dr. LaFar on December 22, 1890 .  According to the minutes of the Legislature, LaFar had fled Richmond on April 2, 1865 and taken the flags with him.  The Legislature recognized and summarized his service as Director of the South Carolina Hospital Bureau ("SCHB").  Duties of the SCHB included "forwarding packages to soldiers in the field, establishing state hospitals, aiding prisoners in the hands of the enemy, receive the wounded after battle and to 'succor' a South Carolina soldier wherever found."
This is a 3 3/8" wide x 7 3/4" high piece of blue paper that is part of a field endorsement set that appears to have been written on paper that had been spoiled from another use or was part of a group of larger orders/endorsements/records.  There is a small piece out of the top right and another about 3/4" above the bottom right.
Obverse Text as follows:
Hd Qrs Nov 4th 1864
This Hospital Bureau for
S. C. has been of great
benefit to our Soldiers
both in the field & when
they are sick & as far
as my observation goes,
it has been well man-
aged by Dr. Lafar.
This Institution is an
admirable one and I
hope that it will be
kept up.
Wade Hampton
Maj. Gen'l
Text of Reverse (a partial document)
:
as an expression of your opinions regarding the
work in which I am now engaged and
have been since July 1861 roviding for our
sick and wounded soldiers, besides taking
care of the baggage of our troops, it is my
purpose to present the same to Hon'l Jas. A.
Seddon, Secretary of War, and acquaint him
with the said facts relative to the work.
With highest respects,
I remain your obt. Servt.
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