Looking for the Confederate War
Historian Michael C. Hardy's quest to understand Confederate history, from the boots up.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Marking Lee’s Headquarters of Appomattox
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A wooden board mark's Lee HQ Recently, I acquired a postcard of Robert E. Lee’s last headquarters at Appomattox. In the turn- of-the-...
Monday, April 06, 2026
What Happened to the Food Sent to Amelia Court House?
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It is a fairly well known story about the war. In 1865, Robert E. Lee asked that rations for his army be sent to Amelia Court House. Afte...
Friday, April 03, 2026
Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and biographer Frank Alfriend
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Recently, on one of the online auction sites, a letter from Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis was listed. Lee, writing on April 2, 1868, t...
Monday, March 23, 2026
Robert E. Lee’s Railroad Gun
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The War brought some emerging technology to the forefront, innovations like repeating rifles and ironclad ships. The railroad was used to...
Thursday, March 05, 2026
Petersburg Confederate Mines
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Confederate countermine at Fort Mahone (LOC) The battle of the Crater is a fairly well-known event during the war. Federal general Ambr...
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Robert E. Lee and John S. Mosby
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Col. John S. Mosby “The Marble Man” and the “Gray Ghost.” If we mention those two names, Robert E. Lee and John S. Mosby come t...
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