Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 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 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1846 and 1865: 8 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,419 km apart end to end, 403 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (7), Mexican-American War (1).

Battle of Gilgal ChurchBattle of AverasboroughBattle of Rome Cross RoadsThornton AffairBattle of Stones RiverBattle of Missionary RidgeBattle of ResacaBattle of JonesboroughThornton AffairBattle of Stones RiverBattle of Missionary RidgeBattle of ResacaBattle of JonesboroughMiamiHoustonMonterreyDallasTampaNew OrleansSan AntonioRaleighNorfolkNashville1000 km30.965N, 88.228W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1846: 1 engagements1862: 1 engagements1863: 1 engagements1864: 3 engagements3 in 18641865: 1 engagements18461865
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Thornton Affair, 1846Battle of Stones River, 1862Battle of Missionary Ridge, 1863Battle 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
31 December 1862Battle of Stones RiverRutherford County, Tennessee, United States1,534 km NETactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to...
25 November 1863Battle of Missionary RidgeChattanooga, Tennessee, United States141 km SEUnion victory
13 May 1864Battle of ResacaGordon County, Georgia, United States58 km SEUnion 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.