and in 1857 ne was appointed captain of the Third Artillery.
He was transferred to the Fifth Artillery in 1861, with the
rank of lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp, and served on
General McClellan's staff during the Peninsula and Maryland
campaigns and on that of General Burnside in the battles
around Fredericksburg.
He was made brigadier general of volunteers, November 29, 1862, assistant adjutant general, 1863, assigned special duty in the War Department and was assistant secretary to Secretary Ed. M. Stanton, while he held office.
General Hardie was appointed Inspector General in 1864, and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier and major general in the United States Army for his service during the war. In 1866 he was senior member of the Commission to inspect ordnance and ordnance stores in forts and arsenals and com- missioned to audit the military claims of Kansas, Montana, Dakota, California and Oregon.
He edited numerous military reports and was one of the leading commanders in the Lava Beds during the Modoc War of 1873.
Died in Washington, D. C, December 14, 1876.
