Hillyer, William Silliman, 1831-1874
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Hillyer, William Silliman, 1831-1874
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Hillyer, William Silliman, 1831-1874
Hillyer, William.
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Hillyer, William R.
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U.S. Provost Marshall General, Department of the Tennessee, 1862-1863; Bvt. Brigadier General; personal friend of Ulysses Grant.
Hillyer was born in Kentucky, educated in Indiana and admitted to the Indiana bar before he was 21. He practiced law and served in the Indiana Legislature. In 1855 he moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he met U. S. Grant. When the U.S. Civil War began he raised a company for the cause. Eventually he was appointed to the general staff of U. S. Grant, where he remained until 1863 when he retired to New York.
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Campbell's Station, Battle of, 1863
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863
Cholera
Cotton trade
Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Holly Springs, Battle of, 1862
Iuka, Battle of, Iuka, Miss., 1862
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Port Gibson, Battle of, 1863
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Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
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Mississippi River
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Vicksburg (Miss.)
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Memphis (Tenn.)
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Knoxville (Tenn.)
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Saint Louis (Mo.)
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Henderson (Ky.)
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New Orleans (La.)
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United States
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Orange (N.J.)
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