Looking for the Confederate War
Historian Michael C. Hardy's quest to understand Confederate history, from the boots up.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Memphis’s Irving Block Prison
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“Notorious for its cruel and unsanitary living conditions” is how the Irving Block Prison in Memphis has been described. The building was...
Monday, January 22, 2024
Did Robert E. Lee read Poe?
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January 19 is the birthday of both Robert E. Lee and Edgar Allan Poe. Lee was born in 1807 at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virg...
Saturday, January 06, 2024
Confederate Defenses in Memphis
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Even before Tennessee left the Union, there was a call to build defensive works along the Mississippi River to protect the city of Memph...
Monday, December 18, 2023
Confederate hospitals in Memphis
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Hospitals in the United States were few and far between in the 1860s. Most large cities would have some type of public hospital. These fa...
Friday, December 08, 2023
Lottie and Ginnie Moon, Confederate spies
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There are many celebrated Southern spies. Rose Greenhow, Belle Boyd, and Henry Harrison come to mind. Sisters Lottie and Ginnie Moon are ...
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