 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 the Battle of Fredricksburg.