"Beat the Heat" at Fort Fisher This Saturday: General Lee's Immortals"

From Friends of Fort Fisher Powder Keg bulletin.

JULY 21, SATURDAY  2 p.m..

The annual summer "Beat the Heat" lectures continue this Saturday at Fort Fisher with "General Lee's Immortals" given by historian and noted author Michael C. Hardy."

During the Civil War, North Carolina fielded numerous infantry, artillery and cavalry units.  One of those units was the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia.  The unit formed in 1861 and fought in the Seven Days' battles to the final surrender at Appomattox.

Mr. Hardy has written a book on the subject "General Lee's Immortals:  The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865"  He also has a very informative blog, Looking for the Civil War (formerly Looking for North Carolina's Civil War).

The lecture will be given at the Fort Fisher Historic Site in Kure Beach, N.C..

--Old B-R'er

Michael Hardy to Speak at Fort Fisher's "Beat the Heat" Lecture Series This Saturday

Historian Michael C. Hardy, author of "North Carolina in the Civil War" and other Civil War books, will give a lecture at 2 p.m. Saturday July 29 at the Fort Fisher Museum's E. Gehrig Spencer Theatre.

His topic will be "North Carolina's Twisted History in the Civil War."

This program, like the concurrent one on North Carolina's Junior Reserves which occurs outside the whole weekend are sponsored by the Friends of Fort Fisher, New Hanover County, and the towns of Kure Beach and Carolina Beach.

--Old B-Runner