William J. Hardee

William J. Hardee (1817-1873) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In 1856, he published "United States Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics" in New York which became the the best-known drill manual of the Civil War. He graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1838.

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