The Daniel Harvey Hill papers, 1861-1875.

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The Daniel Harvey Hill papers, 1861-1875.

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Contains the following type(s) of materials: correspondence, legal documents, mainly deeds. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit and organization: Confederate States of America, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. General description of the collection: The Daniel Harvey Hill papers include consist mainly of correspondence written by Hill to his family. Also included are land deeds and other legal documents relating to land purchases in Meckensburg, North Carolina.

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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...