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Daniel Harvey Hill
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Confederate Military
| June 10, 1861 | Battle of Big Bethel | |
| John Magruder | ||
| William Farrar Smith | ||
| Battle of Big Bethel | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| May 31, 1862 June 1, 1862 |
Battle of Seven Pines [US]
Battle of Fair Oaks [CS] |
Virginia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| Battle of Fair Oaks - Seven Pines | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| John B. Gordon | ||
| Oliver O. Howard | ||
| Benjamin Huger | ||
| John Sedgwick | ||
| Samuel Garland | ||
| Darius Couch | ||
| June 23, 1862 | Robert E. Lee plans a counterattack against Union forces preparing to lay siege to Richmond at the Dabbs House | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Seven Days Retreat | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| June 27, 1862 | Battle of Gaines Mill [US]
Battle of First Cold Harbor [CS] Battle of the Chickahominy [Alternate] John Bell Hood [CS] and George Pickett [CS] breakthrough Fitz John Porter's [US] line, forcing Union troops south of the Chickahominy River and severing McClellan's supply line to Eltham's Landing (White House, West Point) |
Virginia |
| Seven Days Retreat | ||
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Battle of Gaines Mill | ||
| A. P. Hill | ||
| Fitz-John Porter | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| George Pickett | ||
| George Meade | ||
| February 25, 1863 | Major General Daniel Harvey Hill [CS] assumes command of all North Carolina forces | North Carolina |
| July 19, 1863 | Daniel Harvey Hill replaces William Hardee in command of the Second Corps of the Army of Tennessee | |
| William Hardee | ||
| September 19, 1863 September 20, 1863 |
Battle of Chickamauga
General Braxton Bragg [CS] tries to split General William Rosecrans [US] forces as they try to return to the safety of Chattanooga. A second day breakthrough at the Brotherton Cabin forces the federals into a retreat, halted only by the Rock of Chickamauga, General George Thomas on Snodgrass Hill The bloodiest two days in American history cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops. |
Georgia |
| Gordon Granger | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Battle of Chickamauga | ||
| James Garfield | ||
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Chickamauga Campaign | ||
| October 13, 1863 | President Davis approves Braxton Bragg's request to relieve Major General Daniel Harvey Hill [CS] of duty. | |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| March 19, 1865 March 21, 1865 |
Battle of Bentonville
William Hardee, D. H. Hill and A. P. Stewart combine to attack Slocum's wing on the federal advance. In spite of initial gains they are repulsed. Sherman reinforces Slocum on the second day and Slocum nearly enveloped the Confederate forces on the third day. |
North Carolina |
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| William Hardee |
Daniel Harvey Hill
Brother-in-law of Stonewall Jackson
Daniel Harvey Hill's first command came when Joe Johnston split P. G. T. Beauregard's corps after Old Bory was reassigned west.
Riding south to Malvern Hill, Daniel Harvey Hill questioned a pastor about about the retreating bluecoats. The man of the cloth described a strong Union position on either side of Willis Church Road south and east of where the road crossed Western Run. Hill road to Lee, repeated the man's description and recommended "...leaving McClellan alone."
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Brother-in-law of Stonewall Jackson
Daniel Harvey Hill's first command came when Joe Johnston split P. G. T. Beauregard's corps after Old Bory was reassigned west.
Riding south to Malvern Hill, Daniel Harvey Hill questioned a pastor about about the retreating bluecoats. The man of the cloth described a strong Union position on either side of Willis Church Road south and east of where the road crossed Western Run. Hill road to Lee, repeated the man's description and recommended "...leaving McClellan alone."
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Daniel Harvey Hill
Joe Johnston
P. G. T. Beauregard
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Daniel Harvey Hill was added on - May 12, 2006
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