Browsing named entities in Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee. You can also browse the collection for H. Hill or search for H. Hill in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 10: Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. (search)
d have been more easily concentrated in Virginia and, if necessary, a battle avoided; but Lee had entered Maryland with the intention of fighting, and did not care to change his plans until he had appealed to the God of War. The troops under Longstreet and D. H. Hill were leisurely marched the four or five miles from Boonsboroa to Sharpsburg. After crossing the Antietam Creek on the morning of September 15th, Lee formed his line of battle along the hills-Longstreet on the right and D. H. Hill on the left of the road facing the creek, which runs north and south. General Lee reported that the advance of the enemy was delayed by the brave opposition encountered from his cavalry, and did not appear on the opposite side of the Antietam until about 2 P. M., when the battalions began filing to the right and left of the road, taking up their position in his front and exchanging artillery salutations. The sluggish creek flowing between the two armies was spanned by four bridges at the v