A.P. Hill

A.P. Hill Historical Figure Nationality: United States (Confederate States from 1861) Year of Birth: 1825 Year of Death: 1865 Cause of Death: Gunshot (American Civil War) Occupation: Soldier Spouse: Kitty ("Dolly") Morgan McClung Military Branch: United States Army (Mexican-American War), Confederate States Army (American Civil War) Fictional Appearances: The Guns of the South POD: January 17, 1864 Type of Appearance: Direct Nationality: Confederate States Military Branch: Army of Northern Virginia (Second American Revolution)

Ambrose Powell Hill II (November 9, 1825 - April 2, 1865) was a Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War.

Born in Virginia, Hill was a career United States Army officer who had fought in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars. After the start of the Civil War, he joined the Confederacy and gained early fame as the commander of the "Light Division" in the Seven Days Battles. He became one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest subordinates, distinguishing himself in the 1862 battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.

Following Jackson's death in May 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Hill was promoted to lieutenant general and commanded the Third Corps of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, which he led in the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall campaigns of 1863. His command of the corps in 1864–65 was interrupted on multiple occasions by illness, from which he did not return until just before the end of the war. He was killed during the Union Army's offensive at the Third Battle of Petersburg, a week before the ANV surrendered at Appomattox.

Hill is usually referred to as A. P. Hill, to differentiate him from another prominent and unrelated Confederate general, Daniel Harvey Hill.

A.P. Hill in The Guns of the South

A.P. Hill was not enamored with slavery, although he took no proactive action against it. He objected to the Rivington Men's harsh treatment of Negroes. However, he gratefully benefited from their contribution to the war effort during the final year of the war.

Hill commanded the III Corps of the Army of the Northern Virginia during the 1864 campaign. In the Battle of the Wilderness, his corps managed to secure and hold vital crossroads that ended up trapping the entire Federal II Corps between Confederate forces where it was practically destroyed.

During the subsequent Battle of Bealeton, III Corps held the left flank against Federal General Burnside's IX Corps and sent it into a rout. Troops from III Corps were among the first to enter Washington City and reach the Executive Mansion.