Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of William Joseph Hardee

Battles of William Joseph Hardee

Confederate Army general (1815-1873)

William Joseph Hardee is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1846 and 1865: 10 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,055 km apart end to end, 339 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (9), Mexican-American War (2).

Texas CampaignBattle of ResacaBattle of Gilgal ChurchBattle of JonesboroughBattle of AverasboroughBattle of Rome Cross RoadsThornton AffairBattle of Stones RiverChattanooga campaignBattle of Missionary RidgeAtlanta campaignThornton AffairBattle of Stones RiverChattanooga campaignBattle of Missionary RidgeAtlanta campaignMiamiHoustonMonterreyDallasTampaNew OrleansSan AntonioRaleighNashvilleOklahoma City1000 km30.965N, 89.336W
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1846: 2 engagements1862: 1 engagements1863: 2 engagements1864: 4 engagements4 in 18641865: 1 engagements18461865
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Thornton Affair, 1846Texas Campaign, 1846Battle of Stones River, 1862Chattanooga campaign, 1863Battle of Missionary Ridge, 1863Atlanta campaign, 1864Battle of Resaca, 1864Battle of Gilgal Church, 1864Battle of Jonesborough, 1864Battle of Averasborough, 186518461865
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 April 1846Thornton AffairTexas, United StatesMexican victory; Start of the Mexican-American War
1846Texas CampaignTexas, United States590 km NAmerican victory
31 December 1862Battle of Stones RiverRutherford County, Tennessee, United States1,369 km NETactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to...
1863Chattanooga campaignChattanooga, Tennessee, United States139 km SEUnion victory
25 November 1863Battle of Missionary RidgeChattanooga, Tennessee, United States3 km EUnion victory
1864Atlanta campaignNorth Georgia, Georgia, United States163 km SEUnion victory
13 May 1864Battle of ResacaGordon County, Georgia, United States106 km NWUnion victory
15 June 1864Battle of Gilgal ChurchCobb County, Georgia, United States73 km SConfederate tactical victory
31 August 1864Battle of JonesboroughClayton County, Georgia, United States56 km SEUnion victory
16 March 1865Battle of AverasboroughHarnett County, North Carolina, United States556 km EInconclusive
date unknownBattle of Rome Cross RoadsGordon County, Georgia, United StatesInconclusive; Successful Confederate delaying action

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.