After three decades and more than twenty-five books, Michael C. Hardy is still finding unexplored corners of history. His books, articles, and popular blog posts have covered the history of people, places, and events across the Southern United States. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Michael is fascinated with studying the life of the Confederate soldier from the boots up. When not researching and writing, he spends his time at historic sites volunteering as a historic interpreter.
""A groundbreaking study that opens other avenues that need to be explored, including a similar food study for the Army of Tennessee or the Trans-Mississippi Department.""--William Lee White, author of Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863 ""Hardy makes readers feel like they traveled with the Army of Northern Virginia through the entire war.""--John Guss, former site director of the Bennett Place State Historic Site and author of Fortresses of Savannah, Georgia ""This study validates what has been derided as one of the major fallacies of the so-called 'Lost Cause' movement--the poorly fed Confederate soldier. Hardy demonstrates conclusively that this was not a post-war fabrication, as many allege, and that a shortage of rations was indeed a hardship faced by the men of Lee's army on a frequent basis.""--Charlie Knight, author of From Arlington to Appomattox