Hardee, William Joseph

Life Span
to
Full name
William Joseph Hardee
Place of Birth
Camden County, GA
Burial Place
Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Family
John Hardee (father), Sarah Ellis (mother)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston reorganizes the Army of the Mississippi into three corps
Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing
At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh
In Georgia, Sherman's direct assault on Confederate positions on Kennesaw Mountain fails with heavy losses
At the Battle of Atlanta, the Union's Army of the Tennessee defeats Confederate attempts to defend the city
- Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough
- In Georgia, Confederate troops evacuate Savannah and Sherman's "March to the Sea" is complete
Mexican War
Sherman's March
Date Title
New York Times, “Traitor Officers,” February 26, 1861
John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1861
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