Civil War Confederate Army Lieutenant General. A 1838 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was a distinguished United States Army officer whom served in the Mexican conflicts and was a tactics instructor and commandant of cadets at West Point. At the start of the Civil War, he resigned his commission as Lieutenant Colonel, to serve in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Appointed first as Colonel of CSA Cavalry, then Brigadier General of the Upper District of Arkansas and promoted Major General commanding the 1st Division, Central Army of Kentucky in December 1861. Known as "Old Reliable", he was promoted Lieutenant General in October 1862 and commanded the Armies of the Department of Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina, until he surrendered his corps on April 26, 1865. After the he became a planter in Alabama.
Civil War Confederate Army Lieutenant General. A 1838 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was a distinguished United States Army officer whom served in the Mexican conflicts and was a tactics instructor and commandant of cadets at West Point. At the start of the Civil War, he resigned his commission as Lieutenant Colonel, to serve in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Appointed first as Colonel of CSA Cavalry, then Brigadier General of the Upper District of Arkansas and promoted Major General commanding the 1st Division, Central Army of Kentucky in December 1861. Known as "Old Reliable", he was promoted Lieutenant General in October 1862 and commanded the Armies of the Department of Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina, until he surrendered his corps on April 26, 1865. After the he became a planter in Alabama.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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John Joseph Hardee
1769–1838
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Sarah Ellis Hardee
1774–1848
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Elizabeth Hennery Dummett Hardee
1820–1853 (m. 1840)
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Mary Foreman Lewis Hardee
1838–1875 (m. 1864)
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Thomas Ellis Hardee
1798–1839
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Sarah Matilda Hardee Hull
1800–1861
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Noble Andrew Hardee
1805–1867
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Anna Dummett Hardee Chambliss
1846–1936
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William Joseph Hardee
1847–1865
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Records on Ancestry
William Joseph Hardee
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
William Joseph Hardee
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
William Joseph Hardee
Handy Book of American Authors, 1907
William Joseph Hardee
Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
William Joseph Hardee
Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967
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