William Hardee
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Lieutenant-General William Joseph Hardee |
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| Nickname(s) | "Old Reliable" |
| Born |
October 12, 1815 Camden County, Georgia |
| Died | November 6, 1873 (aged 58) Wytheville, Virginia |
| Place of burial | Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1838–61 (U.S.A) 1861–65 (C.S.A) |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel (USA) Lieutenant General
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| Commands held | First Corps, Army of Tennessee |
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Second Seminole War Mexican-American War
William Joseph Hardee (October 12, 1815 – November 6, 1873) was a career U.S. Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican-American War, where he was captured and exchanged. In the American Civil War, he sided with the South and became a general. Hardee served in the Western Theater and quarreled sharply with two of his commanding officers, Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood. He served in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and the Carolinas Campaign of 1865, where he surrendered with General Joseph E. Johnston to Sherman in April. Hardee's writings about military tactics were widely used on both sides in the conflict.
Hardee was born to Sarah Ellis and Major John Hardee at the "Rural Felicity" plantation in Camden County, Georgia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1838 (26th in a class of 45) and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Dragoons. During the Seminole Wars (1835–42), he was stricken with illness, and while hospitalized he met and married Elizabeth Dummett. After he recovered, the Army sent him to France to study military tactics in 1840. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1839 and to captain in 1844.
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