NF A.P. Hill

[Rebelsoul]

Looking for some recommendations for the best book about A.P Hill. Any suggestions ? Thanks !

 

[Vicksburger]

Looking for some recommendations for the best book about A.P Hill. Any suggestions ? Thanks !

Looking for some recommendations for the best book about A.P Hill. Any suggestions ? Thanks !

Looking for some recommendations for the best book about A.P Hill. Any suggestions ? Thanks !

I read the one by Professor Robertson, I guess it was ok, I didn't really get any great feeling from it, try as I would. There is another by Hassler which I actually have but have never read. Poor A. P. Hill didn't get as many books as the others, he seems to have been more private, then also his personal papers got burned or something, so that may account for the lack of books about him. I did read an account where Hassler gave a speech kind of questioning the diagnosis that Hill's medical problem was caused by venereal disease, (which Robertson had a doctor supposedly make a diagnosis 140 years after the fact.)

 

[Rebelsoul]

I read the one by Professor Robertson, I guess it was ok, I didn't really get any great feeling from it, try as I would. There is another by Hassler which I actually have but have never read. Poor A. P. Hill didn't get as many books as the others, he seems to have been more private, then also his personal papers got burned or something, so that may account for the lack of books about him. I did read an account where Hassler gave a speech kind of questioning the diagnosis that Hill's medical problem was caused by venereal disease, (which Robertson had a doctor supposedly make a diagnosis 140 years after the fact.)

Thanks bud, I found those just wondering if there were any others.

 

[ealexander1865]

Three books are devoted to Hill and his command.

William W. Hassler - A.P. Hill: Lee's Forgotten General - Amazon
James I. Robertson - General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior - Amazon
Martin Schenck - Up Came Hill: The Story of the Light Division and Its Leaders - Amazon

As Vicksburger mentioned, all seem incomplete because they are unable to inject many quotes or letters from the general himself. It would be pointless for any future historian to attempt another biography without discovery of a new primary source. I suppose someone could take a stab at the history of the corps, but Hill's legacy will always suffer due to the lack of good resources on him.

 

[Rebelsoul]

Three books are devoted to Hill and his command.

William W. Hassler - A.P. Hill: Lee's Forgotten General - Amazon
James I. Robertson - General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior - Amazon
Martin Schenck - Up Came Hill: The Story of the Light Division and Its Leaders - Amazon

As Vicksburger mentioned, all seem incomplete because they are unable to inject many quotes or letters from the general himself. It would be pointless for any future historian to attempt another biography without discovery of a new primary source. I suppose someone could take a stab at the history of the corps, but Hill's legacy will always suffer due to the lack of good resources on him.

Thanks my friend, think I'm gonna go with the Robertson book.