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to Darwin C. Pavey

Says that the picture of himself in Century Magazine is as good as any he has personally.

GLC03467.04

to Daniel Harvey Hill

General Longstreet writes, "Your note of today is received. I am surprised and grieved to learn that you have been relieved from duty with this Army. We have stood side by side in so many severely contested battlefields that I have learned to lean...

GLC04545.02

to Daniel Harvey Hill

Written from Beauvoir, the estate of former Confederate President Davis. Written and signed in the hand of Davis's wife, Varina. Davis relates, "I truly regret that you should have misconstrued my action in relieving you from duty with the army of...

GLC04545.03

to Isabella Morrison Hill

At the time he wrote this letter, Hill was in command of the Department of North Carolina. He expresses his disappointment over an embarrassing incident during the actions around Kinston, in the southeastern part of the state. Date inferred from...

GLC04545.04

to Henry A. Wise

Confederate Major General Hill writes to General Wise, expressing approval of Wise's troop's disposition and their burning of bridges. Hill reports in a postscript that James Ewell Brown Stuart captured Fairfax Court House (27 June).

GLC03784

to Henry A. Wise

Says his position is critical, with the enemy only "a few hundred yards" away, and he will need reinforcements, "three full Brigades." Wonders if he will receive them since General Johnston's "attention is now entirely to the left." Written at 8:15...

GLC05010

Cartel for the exchange of prisoners.

Details a proposed exchange of prisoners of war between the Union and Confederate Armies at Haxall's Landing, on the James River, Virginia. Printed under authority of Major Generals Daniel H. Hill, C.S.A. and John A. Dix, U.S.A.

GLC05987.36

Engraving of General Daniel Harvey Hill

Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.45

to Colonel [Mores?]

Vance, Governor of North Carolina, asks Mores: "Why do you detain Smith's salt? If it is going to any point in N.C, we have no right to seize it." Inquires if General Daniel Harvey Hill, commander of the District of North Carolina, needs the salt...

GLC02469.29

to Zebulon B. Vance

Confederate Major General Hill writes to Governor Zebulon B. Vance of North Carolina, addressing the issue of deserters. Informs Vance that Colonel Wheeler, commissioned to arrest deserters, will travel to Wilkes County, North Carolina. Orders...

GLC02701