Confederate+Generals+-+A.P.+Hill


 * Ambrose Powell Hill**

//Next to Longstreet and Jackson, I consider A.P. Hill the best commander with me. He fights his troops well and takes good care of them. - Robert E. Lee// Birth: Education: Personal: Military Career:
 * born November 9, 1825
 * his father was a businessman, who desired Hill to go to West Point
 * attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1847
 * graduated 15th out of 38
 * married Katherine Morgan
 * had an unexplained illness in college (thought to have been chronic liver inflammation)
 * he suffered bouts of yellow fever throughout life


 * Assigned to the 1st US Artillery Regiment, saw service in Mexico and Florida
 * He resigned from the military and joined the Confederate Army on March 1, 1861
 * He started as Colonel of the 13th Virginia Infantry
 * Became Brigadier General on February 26, 1862
 * promoted Major General on May 26, 1862
 * When General "Stonewall Jackson" was injured the command was given to Hill
 * General A.P. Hill earned the promotion to Lieutenant General on May 24, 1863
 * He was killed by a Northern soldier at Petersburg while he was reporting to the men under his command

Justin Hale