General Lee’s brigade is topic

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Cherokee Guards present Michael Hardy at 6:30 p.m. Saturday Dec. 16 at the Murphy Rib Country located at 2121 West US Highway 64. Hardy will speak on General Lee’s Immortals, a brigade comprised of five North Carolina regiments. 

Hardy has a passion for 19th century southern history. He is the author of more than twenty books, including two upcoming releases, “General Lee's Immortals: The Bloody Battles of the Branch-Lane Brigade” and the “Army of Northern Virginia (Savas Beatie)” and “Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge, The History Press.” His articles have appeared in Gettysburg Magazine, Civil War Times, America's Civil War, and Confederate Veteran. He reviewed books for Blue and Gray for years.