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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill, Daniel Harvey 1821-1889 (search)
Hill, Daniel Harvey 1821-1889 Military officer; born in York District, S. C., July 12, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; entered the artillery; served in the war with Mexico, and was brevetted captain and major; left the army in 1849, and became Professor of Mathematics—first in Washington College, Lexington, Va., and then in Davidson College, North Carolina. In 1859 he was principal of the Military Institute at Charlotte, N. C.; and when the Civil War broke out he joined the Confederates, becoming colonel of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers. He took part in the defence of Richmond in 1862, and was active in the seven days battle. He soon rose to the rank of major-general. He commanded the Department of the Appomattox, and in February, 1865, was in command at Augusta, Ga. He was a brother-in-law of Stonewall Jackson, and a skilful commander. In 1877 he became president of the University of Arkansas, and subsequently of the Georgia Military and Agricultural College. H
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Malvern Hill, battle of. (search)
ar separated from his supplies; so, on the morning of July 1, he went on the Galena to seek for an eligible place for a base of supplies, and for an encampment for the army. During his absence the Confederates brought on a battle, which proved to be a most sanguinary one. Lee had concentrated his troops at Glendale, on the morning of July 1, but did not get ready for a full attack until late in the afternoon. He formed his line with the divisions of Generals Jackson, Ewell, Whiting, and D. H. Hill on the left (a large portion of Ewell's in reserve); Generals Magruder and Huger on the right; while the troops of A. P. Hill and Longstreet were held in reserve on the left. The latter took no part in the engagement that followed. The National line of battle was formed with Porter's corps on the left (with Sykes's division on the left and Morell's on the right), where the artillery of the reserve, under Colonel Hunt, was so disposed on high ground that a concentrated fire of sixty heavy
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, State of. (search)
so he resolved to cross the Potomac with a large force into Maryland, assail Baltimore, and, if successful, to fall upon Washington in the rear. He believed the people of Maryland were chafing under the dominion of the national government; that they were eager to aid the Confederate cause; and that the presence of his army on the soil of Maryland would cause an immediate and almost universal uprising in favor of the Confederacy. Lee was joined, Sept. 2, 1862, by the fresh division of Gen. D. H. Hill. This was sent as a vanguard to Leesburg, Va. The whole Confederate army followed, and between the 4th and 7th crossed the Potomac at the Point of Rocks, and encamped not far from the city of Frederick, on the Monocacy River. There General Lee, on the 8th, issued a stirring appeal in the form of a proclamation to the people of Maryland. He was sorely disappointed. Instead of a general uprising in his favor, he lost more men by desertions than he gained by accessions. When General
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, State of (search)
wards Goldsboro, and near that place was checked by a large Confederate force under Gen. G. W. Smith. Foster destroyed the railroad bridge over the Neuse, 6 miles of the railway, and a half-finished iron-clad gunboat, returning to Newbern at the end of eight days with a loss of 507 men, of whom 90 were killed. The Confederate loss was near 900, full one-half of whom were prisoners. In the winter of 1863 Foster sent out raiding expeditions, liberating many slaves. The raids aroused Gen. D. H. Hill, who concentrated a considerable force. He attacked Newbern with twenty guns, but was repulsed, when he marched on Little Washington, and on March 30 began a siege of the place. He planted heavy cannon at commanding points and cut off the supplies of the garrison of 1,200 men. General Spinola attempted to raise the siege, but failed. The transport Escort, bearing one of Spinola's regiments, accompained by General Palmer and others, ran the gantlet of batteries and sharp-shooters and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Mountain, battle of (search)
South Mountain, battle of In 1862 the National army pursued the Confederates from Frederick, Md., in two columns over South Mountain into the valley of Antietam Creek. General Burnside led the right and centre by way of Turner's Gap; and the left, composed of Franklin's corps, went by the way of Crampton's Gap, on the same range, nearer Harper's Ferry. The division of D. H. Hill was the only Confederate force guarding Turner's Gap, and McLaws was guarding Crampton's Gap. The Confederates had no idea that the Nationals would make such a vigorous pursuit as they did; but on the morning of Sept. 14, a startling apparition met the eyes of the Confederates from the mountain heights. Pleasonton's cavalry was leading nearly the whole of the National army down the Kittoctan Hills and across the valley towards South Mountain. A portion of General Cox's division of Ohio troops reached the borders of the Gap early in the forenoon, and, under the cover of a portion of McMullin's battery,
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Lieutenant-Generals, in Order of Rank. (search)
. 6Thomas J. JacksonVirginiaGen. R. E. LeeOct. 11, 1862.Oct. 10, 1862.Oct. 11, 1862. Died May 10, 1863; commanding Second corps Army of Northern Virginia. At the Battle of Fredericksburg this corps was composed of the divisions of A. P. Hill, D. H. Hill, Early and Taliaferro. Colonel Brown's regiment of artillery and numerous light batteries. 7John C. PembertonVirginiaGen. B. BraggOct. 13, 1862.Oct. 10, 1862.Oct. 13, 1862. Resigned May 18, 1864; assigned to the command of the Department of Michmond, &c. 9Ambrose P. HillVirginiaGen. R. E. LeeMay 23, 1863.May 24, 1863.Jan. 15, 1864. Killed in front of Petersburg, Va.; commanding Third corps Army of Northern Virginia, &c., composed of the divisions of Anderson, Heth and Pender. 10Daniel H. HillN. Carolina July 11, 1863.July 11, 1863.  In October, 1863, commanding corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Cleburne and Stewart; corps afterwards composed of the divisions of Cleburne and Breckinridge. 11John B. HoodTexasGe<
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Major-Generals, in Order of Rank. (search)
Gist and Wilson. 52Henry HethVirginiaGen. R. E. LeeMay 23, 1863.May 24, 1863. Feb. 17, 1864. Division composed of Pettigrew's, Archer's, Davis', Cook's and Brockenborough's brigades, Army of Northern Virginia. 53John S. BowenMissouriGen. J. E. JohnstonMay 29, 1863.May 25, 1863.   Died July 16, 1863, from disease contracted during the siege of Vicksburg; commanded division known as the Missouri division, composed of the brigades of Cockrell and Green. 54Robert Ransom, Jr.N. CarolinaLt. Gen. D. H. HillMay 27, 1863.May 26, 1863. Feb. 17, 1864. Commanding Department of Richmond, in 1864; at the Battle of Fredericksburg, division composed of the brigades of Ransom and Cook. 55W. D. PenderN. CarolinaGen. R. E. LeeMay 27, 1863.May 27, 1863.   Died July 18, 1863, from wounds received at Gettysburg; division composed of his old brigade and the brigades of McGowan, Lane and Thomas, Army of Northern Virginia. 56A. P. StewartTennesseeGen. B. BraggJune 5, 1863.June 2, 1863. Jan. 25, 1864. Pr
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Brigadier-Generals of the Confederate States Army, alphabetically arranged. (search)
4th, 14th and 30th North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Norther Virginia. 49Brandon, Wm. L.MississippiMaj. Gen. D. H. HillJune 18, 1864.June 18, 1864.   Assigned 19th, 23d, 27th and 28th Georgia regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Northerh, 21st and 44th Georgia regiments infantry, D. H. Hill's division, Army of Northern Virginia; kille Cheatham's corps, Army of Tennessee. 202Hill, D. HarveyN. CarolinaGen. J. E. JohnstonJuly 10, 18612th, 20th and 23d North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Norther, 5th, 6th, 12th and 26th Alabama regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Army of Northern Virginia. 318P4th, 14th and 30th North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Army of Northern Virginia. 350Rand the 1st and 3d North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Northerh, 26th and 61st Alabama regiments infantry, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Norther
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Preface. (search)
, he was an historical authority. Much of what he has written for this work is from his personal records and recollection, and the work is also indebted to him, originally, for many of the maps which are reproduced from the War Records. Prof. D. H. Hill, author of the North Carolina history, bears a name familiar to the readers of this work, that of his gallant father, Lieut.-Gen. Daniel H. Hill. His mother, a sister of the wife of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, is a daughter of Rev. Dr. MLieut.-Gen. Daniel H. Hill. His mother, a sister of the wife of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, is a daughter of Rev. Dr. Morrison, of North Carolina, who was a relative of the distinguished Illinois congressman, William Morrison. Professor Hill has devoted his life to the work of education, beginning his career, after his graduation at Davidson college, North Carolina, as professor of English in the Georgia military and agricultural college, at Milledgeville, under the presidency of his father, and afterward. In 1889 he was appointed to the position he now holds, the chair of English in the Agricultural and Mecha
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
ncoln, intended it as a brutem fulmen, and so Mr. Hill regarded it. He favored the simplest legal ac to be printed and considered by the Senate. Mr. Hill's bill, in two short sections, defined the inesponsible and not to the Confederate States. Mr. Hill argued that under the circumstances of secession, which caused Mr. Wigfall to exclaim that Mr. Hill was agreeing with Lincoln and Seward in callil government which it commanded him to obey. Mr. Hill answered that he would not quibble over wordst. Alluding to the origination of secession, Mr. Hill showed that by recurring to the history of thressing with some indignation his surprise at Mr. Hill's statement that the Federal government nevers, denied very decidedly the observation of Senator Hill that there had been no cause of complaint a,500 and mules could be bought for $150. Senator Hill, of Georgia, in his crushing, unanswered re from Arkansas; Baker and Maxwell from Florida; Hill and Johnson from Georgia; Burnett and Sims from[3 more...]
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