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Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1821 - 1889

Biography

Cincinnati professor of mathematics and military science, W&L, 1849-54. Lieutenant general Confederate army, 1863; President, University of Arkansas, 1877-84. See DAB: Crenshaw, I, 361-64.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Magazine - "The Land We Love", 1868-02

 File — Box 13: [Barcode: 0000004076], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Robert E. Lee's copy of D.H. Hill's post Civil War magazine "The Land We Love," which published an article pertaining to the story of Lee's "Lost Dispatch" - an order by General Robert E. Lee directing movements of his Army of Northern Virginia during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. It was lost by an unidentified Confederate courier and found by Union soldiers and subsequently forwarded to Union General George B. McClellan. The contents of the dispatch influenced the battles of South Mountain...
Dates: 1868-02