Civil War Service
In 1861, Hardy joined Company H of the 16th Mississippi Infantry, became Captain and, at one time, served under General Stonewall Jackson. A gastric ulcer necessitated his discharge, and he returned to Raleigh, Mississippi in 1865.
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Famous quotes containing the words civil war, civil, war and/or service:
“To the cry of “follow Mormons and prairie dogs and find good land,” Civil War veterans flocked into Nebraska, joining a vast stampede of unemployed workers, tenant farmers, and European immigrants.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)
“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look, begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)