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A. P. Hill. Ambrose Powell Hill (November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He gained early fame as the commander of "Hill's Light Division," becoming one of Stonewall Jackson 's ablest subordinates. He later commanded a corps under Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia before his death in ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · Known as a ferocious fighter, A.P. Hill was promoted to lieutenant general shortly before his death in 1865. Like many Virginians, he followed his state onto the battlefield, helping Robert E. Lee ...
A.P. Hill. Born in 1825 in Virginia, Ambrose Powell Hill graduated from West Point in 1847 and saw service in the Mexican War and the Third Seminole War. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army in March 1861 to join the Confederate service. Due to his distinguished service Hill was promoted to Major General in 1862 and then to Lieutenant ...
Ambrose Powell Hill doesn't get as much attention from the Civil War community as some of the more prominent names of the conflict, like Ulysses S. Grant, Ro...
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Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill. During the subsequent campaign, Jackson kept Hill in the dark about his plans, changing the order of march and neglecting to inform Hill of the changes. Jackson and Hill exchanged words over the latter’s supposed straggling, and Jackson asked Lee to reduce the size of Hill’s division.
Thank you for this detailed walkthrough of the battle. My grandmother’s uncle fought with the IX Corp under Ewing (30th Ohio Infantry). I had not realized that Hill’s men were dressed in Union-issue uniforms and ask myself if the outcome might have been any different if the Rhode Island, and later Ohio infantry would have recognized Hill’s men as enemy combatants.
Just then, exhausted after marching 17 miles from Harpers Ferry, Gen. A.P. Hill's Confederate "Light Division" slammed into the exposed Union left flank and drove the Federals back. The brand new 16 th Connecticut Infantry, barely two weeks old, bore the brunt of Hill’s attack, some of them had not learned how to load their muskets until the day before.
