# William J. Hardee — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> William J. Hardee in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hardee, General Hardee

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Confederate general and author of a famous infantry tactics manual.

## In the story

### [Advance of the Army—Crossing the Colorado—The Rio Grande](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/vi)

Captain captured by Mexicans; later a Confederate general and author of tactics used by both armies.

### [Commissioned Brigadier-General — Command at Ironton, Mo. — Jefferson City — Cape Girardeau — General Prentiss — Seizure of Paducah — Headquarters at Cairo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xix)

Mentioned as the Confederate general at Greenville, Missouri, with five thousand troops.

### [The Campaign in Georgia—Sherman’s March to the Sea—War Anecdotes—The March on Savannah—Investment of Savannah—Capture of Savannah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lix)

Commands the defense of Savannah, eventually evacuates the city.

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