Michael C. Hardy | |
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| Born | March 5, 1972 Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian |
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| Education | The University of Alabama |
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| Main interests | U.S. History,Civil War History,History of North Carolina |
Michael C. Hardy (born March 5,1972) is an American historian and author of Civil War and western North Carolina books and articles.
Michael C. Hardy was born in Orlando in 1972 and is a graduate of the University of Alabama's New College Life Track,with honors in Community Studies,focusing on Civil War history. [1]
Hardy is an independent scholar of the history of the Civil War,North Carolina,and Southern Appalachia. The author of twenty-five books,he was honored as the North Carolina Historian of the Year by the North Carolina Society of Historians in 2010. He received the 2012 Alice Parker Award for Outstanding Literature and Arts from his alma mater,the University of Alabama. [2]
Hardy teaches writing and history continuing education classes at Mayland Community College. In 2013,he became a Roads Scholar for the NC Humanities Council,remaining with the program until its demise. His articles have appeared in America's Civil War,Civil War Times,North &South,Gettysburg Magazine,and the Tar Heel Jr. Historians. In 2012,he penned the foreword to New York Times-best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb's re-released novel,Ghost Riders. [2]
A popular speaker,he frequently visits historical sites,museums,and libraries,and he is a member of numerous historical groups. He speaks on local radio and television broadcasts,and,in 2016,he appeared in the American Heroes Channel program Blood and Fury:America's Civil War. He hosts a popular weekly chat program on social media and has published a history blog for nearly twenty years. [1]
Watauga County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population was 54,086. Its county seat and largest community is Boone. The county is in an exceptionally mountainous region,known as the High Country. It is the home of Appalachian State University,which has approximately 20,023 students as of August 2020. Watauga County comprises the Boone,NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population was 17,806. The county seat is Newland. The county seat was initially established in Elk Park when the county was first formed,but was moved to Newland upon completion of the courthouse in 1912. Founded in 1911,it is the youngest of North Carolina's 100 counties.
Alfred Moore Scales was a North Carolina state legislator,Confederate general in the American Civil War,and the 45th Governor of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889.
Tar Heel is a nickname applied to the U.S. state of North Carolina and its people. It is also the nickname of the University of North Carolina athletic teams,students,alumni,and fans.
James Johnston Pettigrew was an American author,lawyer,and soldier. He served in the army of the Confederate States of America,fighting in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and played a prominent role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Despite starting the Gettysburg Campaign commanding a brigade,Pettigrew took over command of his division after the division's original commander,Henry Heth,was wounded. In this role,Pettigrew was one of three division commanders in the disastrous assault known as Pickett's Charge on the final day of Gettysburg. He was wounded,in the right hand,during the Pickett-Pettigrew Charge on July 3,1863 and was later mortally wounded during the Union Confederate rearguard action while the Confederates retreated to Virginia near Falling Waters,Virginia on July 14,dying several days thereafter on July 17,1863.
Sarah Malinda Pritchard Blalock was a female soldier during the American Civil War. Despite originally being a sympathizer for the right of secession,she fought bravely on both sides. She followed her husband,William Blalock,and joined the CSA's 26th North Carolina Regiment,disguising herself as a young man and calling herself Samuel Blalock. The couple eventually escaped by crossing Confederate lines and joining the Union partisans in the mountains of western North Carolina. During the last years of the war,she was a pro-Union marauder raiding the Appalachia region. Today she is one of the most remembered female combatants of the Civil War.
Isaac Erwin "Ike" Avery was a planter and an officer in the Confederate States Army. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Avery is most remembered for a poignant blood-stained note that he wrote as he lay dying on the slopes of Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg.
During the American Civil War,North Carolina joined the Confederacy with some reluctance,mainly due to the presence of Unionist sentiment within the state. A popular vote in February,1861 on the issue of secession was won by the unionists but not by a wide margin. This slight lean in favor of staying in the Union would shift towards the Confederacy in response to Abraham Lincoln's April 15 proclamation that requested 75,000 troops from all Union states,leading to North Carolina's secession. Similar to Arkansas,Tennessee,and Virginia,North Carolina wished to remain uninvolved in the likely war but felt forced to pick a side by the proclamation. Throughout the war,North Carolina widely remained a divided state. The population within the Appalachian Mountains in the western part of the state contained large pockets of Unionism. Even so,North Carolina would help contribute a significant amount of troops to the Confederacy,and channel many vital supplies through the major port of Wilmington,in defiance of the Union blockade.
North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the central western portion of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the western suburbs of the Piedmont Triad. The district borders Tennessee and Virginia,with the bulk of its territory in the mountains;it stretches just far enough to the east to grab its share of Forsyth County,home to most of its population.
The 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of ten companies that came from various counties across North Carolina and Virginia. It is famous for being the regiment with the largest number of casualties on either side during the war.
The 15th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Archibald Campbell Godwin,a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army who was killed at the Battle of Opequon during the American Civil War. Due to his death soon after his appointment,the Confederate Senate never confirmed Godwin's promotion to the grade of brigadier general.
William Waightstill Avery was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons and State Senate prior to the U.S. Civil War. He represented North Carolina in the Provisional Confederate Congress. He was an outspoken advocate of higher education,graduate of the University of North Carolina and member of the Board of Trustees of the university. Avery owned a number of slaves,including 22 whom he inherited from his father.
William Whedbee Kirkland was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the only former US Marine to serve as a Confederate general.
Thomas Fentress Toon was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
George Allen Gilreath was a Confederate soldier who commanded the North Carolina 55th Regiment during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was killed during the charge,which became known as the high-water mark of the Confederacy.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of North Carolina. Wikipedia:WikiProject North Carolina Category:Top-importance North Carolina articles are indicated.
The following list is a bibliography of American Civil War Confederate military unit histories and are generally available through inter-library loan. More details on each book are available at WorldCat. For an overall national view,see Bibliography of the American Civil War. For histories of the Union,see Bibliography of American Civil War Union military unit histories. For a guide to web sources see:Carter,Alice E.;Jensen,Richard. The Civil War on the Web:A Guide to the Very Best Sites—Completely Revised and Updated (2003).
The American Civil War bibliography comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war,with more appearing each month. There is no complete bibliography to the war;the largest guide to books is more than 50 years old and lists over 6,000 titles.
In general the bibliography of the American Civil War comprises over 60,000 books on the war,with more appearing each month. There is no complete bibliography to the war;the largest guide to books is over 40 years old and lists over 6,000 titles selected by leading scholars. The largest guides to the historiography annotates over a thousand titles.
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