Hardee, William Joseph

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10/12/1815—11/06/1873

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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

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Confederate Army

Events

Date	Event
04/03/1862	Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston reorganizes the Army of the Mississippi into three corps
04/06/1862	Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing
04/07/1862	At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh
06/27/1864	In Georgia, Sherman's direct assault on Confederate positions on Kennesaw Mountain fails with heavy losses
07/22/1864	At the Battle of Atlanta, the Union's Army of the Tennessee defeats Confederate attempts to defend the city
08/31/1864—09/01/1864	Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough
12/20/1864—12/21/1864	In Georgia, Confederate troops evacuate Savannah and Sherman's "March to the Sea" is complete

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Date	Title
02/26/1861	New York Times, “Traitor Officers,” February 26, 1861
07/30/1861	John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1861

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