Civil War Charlotte: The Last Capital of the Confederacy

by Michael C. Hardy

Though always an important North Carolina city, Charlotte truly helped to make history during the Civil War. The city's factories produced gunpowder, percussion caps and medicine for the Confederate cause. Perhaps most importantly, Charlotte housed the Confederate Naval Ordnance Depot and Naval Works, manufacturing iron for ironclad vessels and artillery projectiles and providing valuable ammunition for the South. Charlotte also sent over 2,500 men into the Confederate army and served as home to a military hospital, a Ladies Aid Society, a prison and even the mysterious Confederate gold. When Richmond fell, Jefferson Davis set up his headquarters in Charlotte, making it the unofficial capital. Join historian Michael C. Hardy as he recounts the triumphs and struggles of Queen City civilians and soldiers in the Civil War.

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2012

Reviews

[Greg Parrott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mr. Hardy has a great writing style that makes reading his books enjoyable. My only complaint was the occasional sentence(s) added to paragraphs that seemed to be an afterthought. If you want to learn more about the Queen City during the Civil War, this is your book.

[Miles Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good, tidy history of the Civil War and its memory in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its written for buffs and more specifically local civil war buffs. I'm the latter, so I thoroughly enjoyed the anecdotes.