Hardy's first name is spelled 'Hendrix' in Colonel Charles M. Forsyth's application. The AIGO made Hardy's appointment on April 27th to rank from April 20th, 1864. Pay was received from date of rank.

Dated April 7, 1864, the nomination reads,

I respecfully ask that the commission of Ensign as authorized by act of Congress published in Genl. Orders No. 29, A & I G's office, current series, be conferred upon Sgt. Hendrix Hardy for this regiment. He has borne the colors of the regiment in numerous engagements with marked gallantry and is in every way deserving of the appointment. He is a native and citizen of the State of Alabama.

Col. C. Forsyth,
Col. 3rd Ala. Infty.

Born about 1840, Hardy appears on the 1860 and 1870 census of Lowndes County, a resident of Benton, AL. He was an original member of the "Lowndesboro Guards", an AVC company which changed its name to the "Lowndes Beauregards" after Fort Sumter. When the 3rd Alabama Regiment reorganized under the Conscript Act of April 16, 1862, Co. "G", the "Montgomery True Blues", had already left the regiment. Captain M. F. Bonham and several of the original members of the "Lowndes Beauregards" formed the nucleus of new Company “G”, the "Lomax Sharpshooters." My point is that Hardy did not transfer but reenlisted, something all the twelve month volunteers who remained in service did.

Colonel Forsyth's use of the term "Infty" or Infantry is somewhat unusual. Normally the subscript under the name an infantry officer like Forsyth would read, 3rd Ala. Vols. or 3rd Ala. Regt.