Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios - Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill

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   HILL, GEN. AMBROSE POWELL, born in Culpepper county, Va., November 9,
   1825. Graduated at West Point 1847. Made second-lieutenant August 27,
   1847. Served a short time in Mexican war, and then in Florida.
   Assistant to coast survey, 1855, with rank of captain. Colonel 13th
   Virginia regiment at breaking out of Civil war, and assigned to duty
   at Harper's Ferry. Fought under Johnston at first battle of Bull Run,
   and earned title of brigadier. Made major-general after battle of
   Williamsburg. Prominent in the series of engagements that drove
   McClellan from the Peninsula. Attached to Jackson's forces and fought
   in the battles of Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, and Chantilly. On
   September 17, 1862, received surrender of Union forces at Harper's
   Ferry and by forced marches relieved Lee at Antietam. Held right of
   Confederate forces at Fredericksburg December 13, 1862, and repulsed
   Union forces. Participated in flank movement at Chancellorsville, that
   crushed Hooker's forces. Wounded in this action. May 20, 1863,
   promoted to lieutenant-general. Fought at Gettysburg, as corps
   commander, July, 1863, and at Bristow's Station October, 1863.
   Commanded Petersburg during the siege 1865, and on April 2, 1865, was
   shot while reconnoitering.