A captain in the 16th and a bit of history of Gulfport, Miss. Also posted to the Mississippi board.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Hardy

Yesterday my brother and I were talking about the name Hattiesburg and how the name came about. I said to him "who is Hattie and why does she deserve a burg" Well this does not give me an answer but at least I picked up some local history.

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