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Contributed by: Helen J. Peterson Lemuel Lamb Hardy was the son of Andrew J. Hardy and he is listed as Lemuel H. Hardy: Lemuel H Hardy, Private Resided in Onslow County abd enlisted in Duplin County at age 18, May 9, 1862 for the war. Present or accounted for through December 1864. From NC State Troops 1861-1865 A Roster Volume 2 page 83 Name: Lemuel H Hardy Residence: Onslow County, North Carolina Enlistment Date: 09 May 1862 Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 May 1862 at the age of 18 Enlisted in Company I, 1st Cavalry Regiment North Carolina on 09 May 1862. Lemuir H. Hardy (First_Last) Regiment Name 1 North Carolina Cavalry (9 State Troops) Side Confederate Company I Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M230 roll 16 1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry 9th Regiment Volunteers-1st Cavalry was organized at Camp Beauregard, Ridgeway, North Carolina, in August, 1861. Its companies were from the counties of Ashe, Northampton, Mecklenburg, Watauga, Wayne, Warren, Cabarrus, Buncombe, Duplin, and Macon. Ordered to Virginia, the regiment was brigaded under Generals Hampton, L.S. Baker, James B. Gordon, and Barringer. It fought in many campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, including the battles at Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill , Fairfax Court House, Sharpsburg, Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania, Hampton's raid to Dumfries, Brandy Station, Aldie, Upperville , Carlisle, Gettysburg, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Reams' Station, Hampton's Cattle Raid, and Five Forks . The 1st Cavalry had 407 effectives at Gettysburg and 8 at Appomattox. The field officers were Colonels Lawrence S. Baker, W.H. Cheek, James B. Gordon, Robert Ransom, Jr., and Thomas Ruffin; Lieutenant Colonels Rufus Barringer and William H.H. Cowles; and Majors Thomas N. Crumpler, George S. Dewey, Marcus D.L. McLeod, and John H. Whitaker. |