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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 310 68 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 306 36 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 305 15 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 289 5 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 262 18 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 204 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 182 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 170 8 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 146 14 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 20: (search)
toward Richmond on the 5th of May. . . . I was directed by Major-General D. H. Hill not to move my infantry, and in a short time I was ordered on the left and rear of Fort Magruder. . . . In a short time Major-General Hill arrived, and, having ascertained that the enemy had a batteryre doing so he must see General Longstreet on the subject. . . . General Hill being on the right and accompanying the brigade, I placed myselffter General Early retired, states in his report that he sent to General Hill for reenforcements in order to advance, and in reply received anng after the battle of the 5th, at Williamsburg, Longstreet's and D. H. Hill's divisions, being those there engaged, followed in the line of rw Kent Court House to the Baltimore crossroads, and Longstreet's and Hill's to the Long Bridge, where the whole army remained in line facing t In the principal action, that at Williamsburg, our force, after General Hill's division had been brought back to the support of General Longs
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 22: (search)
ith the Nine Mile Road. This wing consisted of Hill's, Huger's, and Longstreet's divisions, with li there consisted of the divisions of Major-Generals D. H. Hill, Huger, and Longstreet, the latter ithose of the enemy. The entire division of General Hill became engaged about three o'clock, and dronduct of the attack was left entirely to Major-General Hill. The entire success of the affair is suty, courage, and skill. This tribute to General Hill was no more than has been accorded to him bttack. . . . I received a verbal order from General Hill to conduct my command at once to the point t was repulsed. This refers to the works which Hill's division had captured the day before, and whithat it was commenced by the division of General D. H. Hill, which drove the enemy steadily back, prneral Huger, and then made it successfully with Hill's division and some brigades from his own. Thesdelay, as well as during the period occupied by Hill's assault, cooperate in the attack? And why, t[2 more...]
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 23: (search)
As soon as the bridge there should be uncovered, Longstreet and D. H. Hill were to cross, the former to proceed to the support of A. P. Hilly's right, so General Hill made no direct attack. Longstreet and D. H. Hill crossed the Mechanicsville Bridge as soon as it was uncovered andmade by two brigades, one of A. P. Hill and the other Ripley's of D. H. Hill, to turn the enemy's left, but the troops were unable in the growearly as possible as prescribed in the order. Jackson, with whom D. H. Hill had united, bore to the left, in order to cut off reenforcements iting—took position on the left of Longstreet. At the same time, D. H. Hill formed on our extreme left, and after a short but bloody conflictrove the foe from the woods on the opposite side. Ewell advanced on Hill's right, and became hotly engaged. The first and fourth brigades ofin. On the left the attack was no less vigorous and successful. D. H. Hill charged across the open ground in front, one of his regiments hav
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 24: (search)
formed his line with Whiting's division on his left and D. H. Hill's on his right, one of Ewell's brigades occupying the inval two of Huger's brigades came up and were placed next to Hill. Magruder subsequently formed on the right of these brigad prevented a proper concert of action among the troops. D. H. Hill pressed forward across the open field, and engaged the ey did not arrive in time to render the desired assistance. Hill was therefore compelled to abandon part of the ground he har two were subsequently sent to the support of Magruder and Hill. Several determined efforts were made to storm the hill at Kershaw, Griffith, Cobb, Toombs, and D. R. Jones15,680 D. H. Hill's division, consisting of the brigades of Early, Rodes, th Carolina72211,509 Longstreet's division5577,929 D. H . Hill's division5508,998 McLaws's division5147,188 A. P. Hill'sen Longstreet's command1,41019,001 Jackson's command: D. H. Hill's division3104,739 A. P. Hill's division3184,435 Ewell
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 34: (search)
letter: Richmond, Virginia, July 31, 1862. Sir: On the 22d of this month a cartel for a general exchange of prisoners of war was signed between Major-General D. H. Hill, in behalf of the Confederate States, and Major-General John A. Dix, in behalf of the United States. By the terms of that cartel, it is stipulated tha the rest would soon follow. The greater part of the army of General Cox had also been withdrawn from the Kanawha Valley for the same purpose. Two brigades of D. H. Hill's division, under General Ripley, had already been ordered from Richmond, and the remainder were to follow; also, Mc-Laws's division, two brigades under Generaldivision crossed the turnpike near Groveton and halted on the west side, near the battlefield of July 21, 1861, where it was joined on the 28th by the divisions of Hill and Ewell. During the afternoon the enemy, approaching from the direction of Warrenton down the turnpike toward Alexandria, exposed his left flank, and General Ja
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 35: (search)
ngstreet continued his march to Hagerstown, and Hill halted near Boonsboro to support the cavalry anrner of the sheet containing the order. General D. H. Hill was in command of a division which had nGeneral Jackson sent him a copy, as he regarded Hill in his command. It is Jackson's copy, in his oConduct of the War, Part I, p. 440. General D. H. Hill guarded the Boonsboro Gap, and Longstreeo and Frederick turnpike. The small command of Hill, with Garland's brigade, repelled the repeated property. The commands of Longstreet and D. H. Hill reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 15tmmanding. The commands of Longstreet and D. H. Hill, on their arrival at Sharpsburg, were placedthe brigades of G. B. Anderson and Rodes, of D. H. Hill's command, assisted by a few pieces of artil men belonging to different brigades rallied by Hill and other officers, and parts of Walker's and Rd their fire with those of Jones, and one of D. H. Hill's also opened with good effect from the left[15 more...]
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 37: (search)
cksburg. As some of the enemy's gunboats had appeared in the river at Port Royal, and it was possible that an attempt might be made to cross in that vicinity. D. H. Hill's division was stationed near that place, and the rest of Jackson's corps so disposed as to support Hill or Longstreet, as occasion might require. The fords ofHill or Longstreet, as occasion might require. The fords of the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg were closely guarded by our cavalry, and the brigade of General W. H. F. Lee was stationed near Port Royal to watch the river above and below. The interval before the advance of the foe was employed in strengthening our lines, extending from the river about a mile and a half above Frederickight and Hamilton's Crossing, on the railroad. His front line occupied the edge of a wood. Early and Taliaferro's divisions constituted Jackson's second line, D. H. Hill's division his reserve. His artillery was distributed along this line in the most eligible positions, so as to command the open ground in front. Shortly aft
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 51: (search)
nt than when first subjected to fire. The upper tier of masonry, from severe battering, had fallen on the outer wall, and shot and shell served only to solidify and add harder material to the mass. Over its rampart the Confederate flag defiantly floated until the city of Charleston was evacuated. Every effort that our circumstances permitted was immediately and thenceforward made to collect troops for the defense of North Carolina. General Hood's army, the troops under command of General D. H. Hill at Augusta, General Hardee's force, a few thousand men under General Bragg, and the cavalry commands of Generals Hampton and Wheeler, constituted our entire available strength to oppose Sherman's advance. These were collected as rapidly as our broken communications and the difficulty of gathering and transporting supplies would permit. After the fall of Columbia, General Beauregard, commanding the military department, retreated toward North Carolina. The army of Tennessee (Hoods's