Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee.
File Name
Q283
Order Form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Use Agreement Form
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Item Title
Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee .
Description
(Photograph taken in U.S . Army uniform , but like others , Hardee may have worn his old uniform during the early part of his Confederate service . Hardee resigned as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S . Army.) Graduated from West Point , 1838 ; Mexican War veteran . Author of RIFLE AND LIGHT INFANTRY TACTICS , popularly known as HARDEE'S TACTICS , the standard textbook for infantry tactics during the Civil War . Resigned his U.S . Army commission in January 1861 ; appointed to brigadier general in the Confederate Army in June 1861 . Promoted to major general in October 1862 and promoted to lieutenant general in October 1863 . Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh , Perryville , Stones River , Chattanooga , the Atlanta campaign , and the Carolinas . After the war , Hardee moved to Selma , Alabama , as a planter . He died in Wytheville , Virginia , in November 1873 and is buried in Selma . Sources : Boatner , Mark M . The Civil War Dictionary . New York : Vintage Books , 1988 . Davis , William C. , ed . The Confederate General . Vol . 3 . National Historical Society , 1991 .
Time Period
1860-1869
Subject
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873 Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
Still image
Format
Photographs Cartes-de-visite Studio portraits
Collection Creator
Pollard, Charles T.
Collection Title
Charles T. Pollard Confederate officers photograph album
Location
LPP40 , #41
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216295580002743
Repository
Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Original Size
2.6 by 3.8 inches
Digital Format
600 PPI TIFF
Project Name
Confederate officers Cornerstone Project
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