D. H. Hill Papers, 1860-1889.

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D. H. Hill Papers, 1860-1889.

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Collection contains miscellaneous letters and papers of Hill including scattered items pertaining to his service in the Confederate Army; a letter to C.C. Jones, Jr., concerning their love for the Confederacy; and materials relating to Hill's work as editor of THE LAND WE LOVE. Other items include a lodging bill; an 1863 order from Junius Daniel concerning troop movements in N.C.; and a message form Hill to General Stevenson about miltary operations in N.C. in the closing days of the conflict. One letter written to Hill while president of University of Arkansas, is from Thomas Fenwick Drayton. Drayton discusses Charlotte and gives information on the post-war activities of various officers from the Confederacy. Of Charlotte in 1878 Drayton notes: "The gamblers and saloon-men run this town."

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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

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Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889), soldier and educator, was born in York District, S.C., to Solomon Hill and Nancy Cabeen Hill. He graduated from West Point in 1842. As a United States army officer, he participated in all the major battles of the Mexican War. Hill resigned from the military in 1849 to become professor of mathematics at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). In 1854, he accepted the chair of the mathematics department at Davidson College, a position he held unti...

Daniel, Junius, 1828-1864.

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Drayton, Thomas, 1808-1891

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

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"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008) From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1...