I've pieced together the following information contained in the ADAH records but would like to verify its accuracy and get more details on an interesting individual, Hendrick A. Hardy of the 3rd Alabama Regiment. Born 25 January 1841 near Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama, Hardy was a farm superintendent when he enlisted on 15 April 1861 in Lowndesboro, Alabama. He was still a Private as of May-June 1862, but next appears as a Sergeant in Company G as of 9 May 1863. He held the title of Ensign when wounded at the Wilderness in May 1864. Post-war he was living in Dallas County, Alabama as of 1899 and was still going strong as of August 1921 at age 80, on Washington Street, (at the?) bridge in Selma, Alabama. In an article by W. H. May concerning the third day of Gettysburg, May writes, "Captain Bilbro, our color bearer, Hardy and myself went nearer the hills than any other of the regt. and got a position together where we could look back at our poor fellows and see them shot down one after another ..." Although May is not perfectly clear, it is likely that he is referring to Hardy as the color bearer, and the three men must have taken cover behind a large boulder on the side of Culp's Hill on the morning of 3 July 1863. It was a tough place to be and it certainly indicates the courage of (Sergeant?) Hardy. Just when Hardy became a color bearer for his regiment is not known, but the above information points to his having carried the colors from at least mid-1863 until May 1864.