Books by Michael C. Hardy

North Carolina contributed more than 70 regiments to Confederate service during the Civil War. The Fifty-Eighth North Carolina Troops, hailing primarily from western North Carolina, fought in battles such as Chickamauga, Resaca and Bentonville. This account follows the soldiers from conscription to battlefield to antebellum life.

North Carolina contributed more of her sons to the Confederate cause than any other state. Drawn from letters, diaries, and postwar articles and interviews, this book presents the history of the 37th North Carolina that follows the unit from its organization in November 1861 until its surrender at Appomattox.

One year into the Civil War, beset by military and political pressures, General George B. McClellan committed his Army of the Potomac to the Peninsula Campaign, with the capture of Richmond his ultimate goal. Hampered by Lincoln's demand for troops to protect Washington, a limited Union Army entered a series of battles around the community of Hanover Court House, Virginia. Although they forced a Confederate retreat, they missed the opportunity to press on and capture Richmond--an opportunity that never came again. Here is the first detailed look at the battle most widely known as Hanover Court House and Slash Church, focusing on the engagements between Union V Corps commander Fitz John Porter and Confederate General Lawrence O'Bryan Branch. Photographs are included, along with appendices featuring the official reports of both commanders and lists of casualties from both sides.