Ambrose Powell Hill
Born: November 9, 1825
Birthplace: Culpepper, Virginia
Father: Major Thomas Hill 1789 – 1857
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Culpepper, Virginia)
Mother: Fannie Russell Baptist 1792 – 1853
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Culpepper, Virginia)
Wife: Catherine “Kitty” Morgan 1834 – 1920
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Married: July 18, 1859 in Lexington, Kentucky
Children:
Henrietta “Nettie” Hill 1860 – 1862
(Buried: Unknown)
Frances Russell Hill Hale 1861 – 1919
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Lucy Lee Hill MacGill 1863 – 1931
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Ann Powell Hill 1865 – 1871
Education:
1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (15th in class)
Occupation:
1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1847 – 1851: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1850 – 1860: Served in Office of Coast Survey in Washington, D.C.
1851 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1861: Resigned from United States Army on March 1st
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 13th Virginia Infantry
1861: Saw no action during the Battle of First Bull Run
1862: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, Infantry
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign
1862: Participated at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
1862 – 1863: Major General in the Confederate Army, Infantry
1862 – 1863: Commander of Hill's Light Division
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Participated in the Battle of Sharpsburg, (Antietam)
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg
1863: Wounded in the Calves of his legs at Battle of Chancellorsville
1863 – 1865: Lt. General in the Confederate Army Infantry
1863 – 1865: Commander 3rd Army Corps Army of Northern Virginia
1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Participated in the Battle of Bristoe Station
1863: Participated in the Battle of Mine Run
1864: Participated in the Battle of the Wilderness
1864: Medically Incapacitated during Battle of Spotsylvania
1864: Participated in the Battle of North Anna
1864: Participated in the Battle of Cold Harbor
1864 – 1865: Participated in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1864 – 1865: Very sick during the Winter months
1865: Recuperating in Richmond, Virginia
1865: Killed during Third Battle of Petersburg
Died: April 2, 1865
Place of Death: Petersburg, Virginia
Cause of Death: Killed in Battle
Age at time of Death: 39 years old
Original Burial Place: Old Winston Cemetery, Chesterfield Co., Virginia
Burial Place: Ambrose Powell Hill Monument, Richmond, Virginia
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