Looking for the Confederate War
Historian Michael C. Hardy's quest to understand Confederate history, from the boots up.
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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...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Nassau Bacon – from Ohio
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“We are eating new beautiful onions from Nassau,” Charles Blackford wrote in June 1864. Blackford was Longstreet’s assistant judge...
Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Deadliest Single Shot of the War
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The Civil War looks different in different parts of the country. The guerrilla actions in Missouri and Western North Carolina are a far c...
Monday, July 08, 2024
Piracy! Smuggled Weapons! A Master of Disguise! The Capture of the St. Nicolas
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The first couple of months of the war include a series of well-documented events: Fort Sumter fell in April, the U.S. Army occupied Arlin...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Confederate submarines
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When someone mentions Confederate submarines, everyone thinks of the C.S.S. Hunley , and rightfully so. The Hunley did become the first sub...
Monday, February 13, 2023
The raid on Windsor, North Carolina, January 1864.
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Windsor, the county seat of Bertie County, was just a little village off the Cashie River in eastern North Carolina. It did not have much...
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