William J. Hardee

William J. Hardee
William J. Hardee
	Hardee in uniform, c. 1862
Nickname	"Old Reliable"
Born	October 12, 1815; Camden County, Georgia, U.S.
Died	November 6, 1873 (aged 58); Wytheville, Virginia, U.S.
Allegiance	United States; Confederate States
Branch	United States Army; Confederate States Army
Service years	1838–1861 (U.S.); 1861–1865 (C.S.)
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel (U.S.); Lieutenant-General (C.S.)
Commands	First Corps, Army of Tennessee
Conflicts	See battles Second Seminole War; Mexican–American War Thornton Affair; Battle of Monterrey; Siege of Veracruz; Battle for Mexico City; ; American Civil War Battle of Shiloh; Battle of Perryville; Battle of Stones River; Third Battle of Chattanooga; Battle of Peachtree Creek; Battle of Atlanta; Siege of Savannah; Battle of Averasborough; Battle of Bentonville; ;
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Lieutenant-General William Joseph Hardee (October 12, 1815 – November 6, 1873) was an American military officer. He served in the United States Army in both the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican–American War. He was later commissioned as a general in the Confederate States Army in 1861. Hardee saw combat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and was known to quarrel sharply with two of his commanding officers, Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood. He later served in the Atlanta campaign of 1864 and the Carolinas campaign of 1865, where he surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston to the Union side led by William Tecumseh Sherman in April. Hardee's writings about military tactics were widely used on both sides in the conflict.