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Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

 

 

 

Born: October 12, 1815

Camden County, Georgia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Died: November 6, 1873

Wytheville, Virginia

West Point: June 1838

2nd Lieutenant: June 1838

1st Lieutenant: December 3, 1839

Captain: September 13, 1844

Brevet Major: March 3, 1855

Lt. Colonel: June 28, 1860

Resigned USA: January 31, 1861

Colonel CSA: March 16, 1861

Brig. Gen. CSA: June 16, 1861

Maj. Gen. CSA: October 7, 1861

Lt. Gen. CSA: October 10, 1862

Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee

June 1838: West Point Graduate - 26 in class of 45

June 1838: Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Dragoons during the 2nd Seminole War

December 3, 1839: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant

1839-1840: Sent to France to study military tactics and attached to the cavalry department of the French Army

1840-1842: Cavalry School of Practice at Carlisle, Pennsylvania

1842-1843: Stationed at garrison at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1843-1845: Stationed at Ft. Jesup, Louisiana

September 13, 1844: Promoted, Captain, 2nd Dragoons

1845-1846: Military Occupation of Texas

1846-1848: Mexican-American War

April 25, 1846: Engaged the enemy at Curricitos and became prisoner

May 10, 1846: Exchanged in prisoner exchange

September 21-24, 1846: Battle of Monterey

March 9-29, 1847: Siege of Veracruz

March 26, 1847: Promoted to Major

August 19-20, 1847: Battle of Contreras

August 20, 1847: Brevet promotion to Lieutenant Colonel

September 8-15, 1847: Battle for Mexico City

1852-1853: Leave of Absence to care for his wife

1854-1855: Compiling Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics that was published in 1856 on the behest of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. This manual was read and used by both the North and South during the war.

1856-1860: Assigned to West Point with the local rank of Lieutenant Colonel from June 12, 1858.

July 22, 1856 - September 8, 1860: Instructor of Infantry Tactics

August 8-September 8, 1860: Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry Tactics

June 28, 1860: Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel

January 31, 1861: Resigned from US Army after Georgia seceded from the Union

March 16, 1861: Colonel in the CSA Cavalry

June 16, 1861: Promotion to Brigadier General

July 22 - October, 1861: Commander, Upper District of Arkansas

October 7, 1861: Promotion to Major General

October 28 - December 5, 1861: Commander, 1st Division, Central Army of Kentucky

December 5-18, 1861: Commander, Central Army of Kentucky

February 23 - March 29, 1862: Commander, 1st Division, Central Army of Kentucky

March 29 - July 4, 1862: Commander, 3rd Corps, Army of the Mississippi

April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh

July 5 - August 15, 1862: Commander, Army of the Mississippi

August 15 - November 20, 1862: Commander, Left Wing, Army of the Mississippi

October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville

October 10, 1862: Promotion to Lieutenant General

November 20, 1862 - July 14, 1863: Commander, 2nd Corps, Army of the Tennessee

December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863: Battle of Stones River

July 14 - November, 1863: Commander, Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

November - December 2, 1863: Commander, 1st Corps, Army of the Tennessee

November 23-25, 1863: Third Battle of Chattanooga

December 22, 1863 - January 1864: Commander, 1st Corps, Army of the Tennessee

Early 1864 - August 31, 1864: Commander, 1st Corps, Army of the Tennessee

July 20, 1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek

October 5, 1864 - February 16, 1865: Commander, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida

February 16 - April 9, 1865: Commander, Hardee's Corps

March 19-21, 1865: Battle of Bentonville

April 9-26, 1865: Commanding Corps, Army of the Tennessee

April 26, 1865: Surrendered with Gen. Johnston command at Bennett Place in North Carolina 

Boatner, Mark M., III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 374

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State, 1959. p 124-125

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