...omposed of the First, Seventh, Eleventh and Seventeenth Virginia regiments then at Orange Courthouse, on the march to the Peninsula. During the manoeuvres around Yorktown, and on the retreat to the Chickahominy , General Hill was distinguished for his energy and activity, and for the skill with which he handled his brigade. At the battle of Williamsburg, fought on the 5th of May, 1862, against his old sc...