Robert Archelaus Hardaway (February 2, 1829 – April 27, 1899) was an artillery officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War .
17-946: For the unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, see Hardaway, Alabama . For the song by Derez De'Shon, see Hardaway (song) . Hardaway is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Hardaway , American animator Benjamin F. Hardaway , American Medal of Honor recipient Brewington Hardaway , American chess player Diamond and Silk , American pair of conservative political commentators Lula Mae Hardaway , American songwriter and mother of singer Stevie Wonder Milton Hardaway (1954–2008), American football player Patricia Hardaway , American labor lawyer and academic administrator Penny Hardaway , American basketball player and coach Robert A. Hardaway , Confederate artillery officer and college professor Tim Hardaway , American basketball player Tim Hardaway Jr. , son of
34-454: A railroad was completed and the first steam locomotive came through. The person responsible for the railroad construction was Robert Hardaway . Before the railroad was brought to the town merchants needed to intercept the train in Fitzpatrick, Alabama to gather supplies. The arrival of the train startled many of the residents of the community. The railroad was removed sometime around 2003. It
51-512: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Robert A. Hardaway Robert Archelaus Hardaway was a native of Georgia – born there Feb. 2, 1829; but he was raised in Alabama. His parents were Robert Stanfield Hardaway and his second wife, Martha Bibb Jarratt. Hardaway was educated at St. Joseph's College (Alabama), and Emory College, later Emory University , in Georgia. Hardaway served with
68-496: Is unknown when the post office was constructed, but it is documented that the name was officially changed from Dick's Creek Post Office to Hardaway Post Office on Oct 6, 1892 following the completion of the rail and the renaming of the town. During the Civil War the post office received via horseback and was located in a log house where postmaster John M. F. Parker lived. This Macon County , Alabama state location article
85-551: The Battle of Fredericksburg . Shortly afterward, he was assigned command of an artillery battalion, and Captain William B. Hurt took command of the battery. Apparently Hardaway was promoted to the rank of major on December 2, 1862, And to lieutenant colonel on Feb. 27, 1864. Col. Stapleton Crutchfield , Jackson’s chief of artillery, objected to the promotion, claiming that Hardaway was a fine gunner but hard on both men and horses. Nonetheless,
102-467: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House , but some of them were moved up to the line of a gorge to contain the federal breakthrough on May 11. When the corps, led by Jubal Early left to defend Lynchburg, Virginia , Hardaway’s battalion remained behind. It was assigned to the defenses of Richmond, Virginia , reporting to Brig. Gen. Edward Porter Alexander . The battalion played a role in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm and spent much of late 1864 assigned to
119-666: The Gettysburg Campaign . He returned to active duty in time for the Mine Run Campaign in the fall of 1863. In the Battle of the Wilderness , Hardaway commanded his battalion in the corps of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell in the portion of the artillery contingent led by Col. J. Thompson Brown . The battalion continued in that corps throughout the Overland Campaign . Hardaway’s guns were in the second line of Ewell’s corps at
136-640: The Seven Days Battles . Hill’s division remained near Richmond, Virginia , until it departed to participate in the Maryland Campaign . Hardaway was commended by Confederate commanders for the conduct of his battery in the campaign. Later in the year, serving near Fredericksburg, Virginia , Hardaway’s gunners, using a Whitworth gun (designed by Joseph Whitworth , drove federal gunboats away from Port Royal, Virginia , on December 4, 1862. Both Hill and Stonewall Jackson commended Hardaway for his actions at
153-514: The U.S. Census in 1920. It did not appear on the census after that point, likely due to disincorporation. Originally named Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church was constructed at a location near Hardaway Cemetery sometime prior to 1880. Sometime between the years 1889 and 1893 the church was moved to where it sits today. Weekly services are no longer held. The church has since be recognized as an Alabama Historic Site and held annual Hardaway Baptist Church Reunions until around 2018. On November 27, 1891
170-642: The United States Army during the Mexican War , but the war ended before he could see combat. After that war, he was the superintendent of the Mobile and Girard Railroad . He resided in Macon County, Alabama , before the outbreak of war. Hardaway purchased his father’s plantation in 1857, becoming owner of its 60 slaves. On June 27 of the same year, he married Rebecca Elizabeth Hurt. They had three sons. Hardway began
187-575: The above, American basketball player See also [ edit ] Hardaway High School , in Columbus, Georgia Charles Hardaway Marks Bridges , in Virginia Hardway (disambiguation) , includes list of people with surname Hardway [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Hardaway . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
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#1732844421778204-448: The completion of the railroad by engineer and professor Col. Robert A. Hardaway (who lived in the community for some time with his family). Hardaway is an unincorporated community in Macon County , Alabama , United States, located 12.9 miles (20.8 km) southwest of Tuskegee . Hardaway has a post office with ZIP code 36039. From 1900 to 1920, Hardaway was listed as a village in 1900 & 1910 and as an incorporated town on
221-460: The defenses of Chaffin's Bluff . When the corps formerly led by Ewell and Early returned to the defenses of Petersburg, Virginia , with Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon as its commander, Hardaway’s battalion returned to that corps. Hardaway’s gunners served under Gordon in the Appomattox Campaign , firing one of the last shots before Lee’s surrender. Hardaway was paroled on May 10, 1865. After
238-411: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hardaway&oldid=1257986900 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hardaway, Alabama Originally called Dick's Creek, the town received its name following
255-466: The promotion of Hardaway went through. As a major, Hardaway became second in command of Lt. Col. John J. Garnett’s artillery battalion, attached to the division of Maj. Gen. Robert H. Anderson . The division fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville directly under the command of General Robert E. Lee . General Lee had Hardaway assemble a group of rifled guns to bombard the federal camps on morning of May 4, 1863. Hardaway became ill with dysentery, missing
272-564: The war as commander of an Alabama battery. It was recruited mostly in three counties, Macon, Russell and Tallapoosa. The battery was sent East, where it was mustered into the Confederate service on June 21, 1861. The battery was posted at Manassas, Virginia , until March, 1862. Hardaway’s command moved to the Virginia Peninsula, where it fought at the Battle of Seven Pines in the division of Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill . The battery took part in
289-673: The war, returned to his plantation in Georgia. Then he went into railroad work, including as general manager of the East Alabama Railroad, 1869-1872. Hardway was an engineering professor at Auburn University from 1873 to 1881, and at the University of Alabama from 1882 to 1897. In between, he was an engineer for the Central Railroad in Mexico in 1881 and 1882. Hardaway died on April 27, 1899, in Columbus, Georgia. Hardaway’s papers are at
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