Looking for the Confederate War
Historian Michael C. Hardy's quest to understand Confederate history, from the boots up.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Roderick D. Davidson and the Confederate Air Force
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Disclaimer: yes, there was an organization called the Confederate Air Force, founded in Texas in 1961. They later changed their name to t...
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Monday, April 15, 2024
The Fate of the Confederate Governors
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As the war ground to a close, orders went out for the arrest of various political figures, including both sitting governors and former go...
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Monday, March 25, 2024
Breckinridge, Lee, Johnston, and the end of the War.
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When the surrender of the two principal Confederate armies is discussed, those conversations focus on two sets of interactions: Robert ...
Monday, March 04, 2024
The United Confederate Veteran reunions in Memphis
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Following the war, veterans organizations sprang up all over the nation. Memphis seemed slow to join the various groups. Prominent in the...
Monday, February 26, 2024
Burying Memphis’s Confederates
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Confederate Monument, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis Any great influx of men brought about numerous cases of disease, some of which led to dea...
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...
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