General William Joseph Hardee was a career army officer, serving in the U.S. Army during the Second Seminole War and the Mexican-American War, and as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, opposing Sherman in Georgia. Hardee's writings about military tactics were widely used on both sides of the conflict.General William Joseph Hardee was a career army officer, serving in the U.S. Army during the Second Seminole War and the Mexican-American War, and as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, opposing Sherman in Georgia. Hardee's writings about military tactics were widely used on both sides of the conflict....more