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Oct 27, 2009 · Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865), better known as A.P. Hill, was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). Hill entered the Civil War in March...
Jul 21, 2019 · A. P. Hill was a Confederate general in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Behind Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and James Longstreet , “Little Powell,” as he was sometimes called, was Robert E. Lee ‘s most trusted lieutenant, best known for leading his Light Division in headlong charges but just ...
A. P. Hill. Title Lieutenant General. War & Affiliation Civil War / Confederate. Date of Birth - Death November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865. Ambrose Powell Hill began his military career after graduating 15th out of 38 from the United States Military Academy in 1847.
Mar 16, 2024 · November 9, 1825–April 2, 1865. A.P. Hill was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War whose quarrelsome relationships with superior officers sometimes detracted from his battlefield accomplishments. A. P. Hill died from a gunshot wound to the heart while trying to rally his troops at the Battle of Petersburg on April 2, 1865.
Ambrose Powell Hill: His Greatest Action at the Battle of Antietam. After a breathtaking forced march, A.P. Hill’s Light Division still had more than enough fight left in it to turn the tide of battle at Antietam. This article appears in: June 2005. By William E. Welsh.
1825–65. Virginia. Lieutenant General. Known as a ferocious fighter, A.P. Hill was promoted to lieutenant general shortly before his death in 1865. Like many Virginians, he followed his state...
A.P. Hill - Petersburg National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service) Born in 1825 in Virginia, Ambrose Powell Hill graduated from West Point in 1847 and saw service in the Mexican War and the Third Seminole War. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army in March 1861 to join the Confederate service.
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