Looking for the Confederate War

Ok – I’ll be honest, not much going on in my blogging world this week. I’ve edited the first three chapters of the 58th NCT book, and I’ve f...

Someone asked me the other day what my interest in the 58th North Carolina Troops was – did I have an ancestor in the regiment? No, I’m not...

Not much going on in the news as of late pertaining to North Carolina the War. Here are a couple of articles that I did find. There is an ar...

I come up with 2,021 men in the 58th NCT. Does anyone have a larger North Carolina regiment? Email me (mchardy@michaelchardy.com) or post a ...

I’m bothered. Bothered that a copy of Maj. George W. F. Harper’s parole is not in his Compiled Service Record. It is undoubtedly clear that ...

One of the things I included in the last chapter of both the 37th NCT book and the 58th NCT book is a brief description of the United Confed...

I’m working hard on the 58th NCT this week, so not a lot of time to get other things (like blogging) done. Here is a quick look around our b...

Folks – sorry for not posting in the past couple of days. We were participating in a living history at Cranberry (Avery County) on Friday an...

The tenth (I think) Avery County Heritage Festival is this weekend, held this year in beautiful downtown Cranberry, on the grounds of the ol...

Good morning folks! I received this email yesterday evening from the folks at the North Carolina Department of Culture Resources. It seems ...

It’s been a while since I posted one of my county histories. So, I thought this morning, we would look at Rockingham County. Rockingham Coun...

There is an article in today’s Star News Online about a second excavation at Fort Anderson/Brunswick Town. Check it out here. The Salisbury...

Sorry for the lack of post for the last week. We spent the week at my mom and dad’s in Florida, and I planned to continuing posting from the...

There is an interesting article about St. Mary’s School in Raleigh in the Raleigh Public Record . The article describes a few of the events ...

Well, yesterday I received a order for a copy of my book on the Thirty-seventh North Carolina Troops. A gentleman in New York has purchased ...

While out and about on Sunday afternoon, I photographed another grave on Henson’s Creek (Avery County) that I thought I would share with you...

I started writing this blog yesterday, but I hit a road block. I’ll explain shortly – here is what I wrote: I like lists. And I look to know...

As you read this, the 142nd observance of Confederate Memorial Day in North Carolina is drawing to a close. There were numerous activities t...

Well, it is that time of year – for Confederate Memorial Day services. We’ve been having Confederate Memorial Day services in North Carolin...

A quick look around. There is a article on Blue Ridge Now on the Civil War display at the museum in Henderson County – check it out here . ...