Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee.

Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee.

(Photograph taken in U.S. Army uniform, but like others, Hardee may have worn his old uniform during the early part of his Confederate service. Hardee resigned as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army. ) Graduated from West Point, 1838; Mexican War veteran. Author of RIFLE AND LIGHT INFANTRY TAC...

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Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee.
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Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description (Photograph taken in U.S. Army uniform, but like others, Hardee may have worn his old uniform during the early part of his Confederate service. Hardee resigned as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army. ) Graduated from West Point, 1838; Mexican War veteran. Author of RIFLE AND LIGHT INFANTRY TACTICS, popularly known as HARDEE'S TACTICS, the standard textbook for infantry tactics during the Civil War. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in January 1861; appointed to brigadier general in the Confederate Army in June 1861. Promoted to major general in October 1862 and promoted to lieutenant general in October 1863. Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas. After the war, Hardee moved to Selma, Alabama, as a planter. He died in Wytheville, Virginia, in November 1873 and is buried in Selma. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 3. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling Q0000003616Q3616Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee.(Photograph taken in U.S. Army uniform, but like others, Hardee may have worn his old uniform during the early part of his Confederate service. Hardee resigned as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army. ) Graduated from West Point, 1838; Mexican War veteran. Author of RIFLE AND LIGHT INFANTRY TACTICS, popularly known as HARDEE'S TACTICS, the standard textbook for infantry tactics during the Civil War. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in January 1861; appointed to brigadier general in the Confederate Army in June 1861. Promoted to major general in October 1862 and promoted to lieutenant general in October 1863. Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas. After the war, Hardee moved to Selma, Alabama, as a planter. He died in Wytheville, Virginia, in November 1873 and is buried in Selma. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 3. National Historical Society, 1991.1860-1869Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsSteiner, Robert E.Robert E. Steiner Confederate officers photographsSPP52v10327Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFSPP00059http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6617
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