2020-09 Putnal
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HARDEE, William Joseph (1815-1873) was a career U.S. Army and Confederate States Army officer. For the U.S. Army, he served in the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican-American War, where he was captured and exchanged. In the American Civil War, he sided with the South and became a general. Hardee served in the Western Theater and quarreled sharply with two of his commanding officers, Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood. He served in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and the Carolinas Campaign of 1865, where he surrendered with General Joseph E. Johnston to William Tecumseh Sherman in April. Hardee's writings about military tactics were widely used on both sides in the conflict. War-date Confederate Document Signed "W.J. Hardee Major General." on verso of 1pp. folio, "Estimate of Funds Required for the pay of the Troops Composing 1st Brigade 1st Division Central Army of Ky of which Capt. W.H. Goran is Quartermaster from August 31st, 1861 to December 31st, being four months." and signed by W.H. Goran QM PACS Dec. 25th 1861. Lists pay for Brigadier General through Private. Also signed as approved by "T.C. Hindman Br. Genl. Comdg." Fine condition. Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. (1828-1868) was a lawyer, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was responsible for planning and supervising the unsuccessful defense of northwestern Arkansas during the fall and winter of 1862.
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