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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

to Henry A. Wise

Forwarding Lee's orders and stating the importance of defending Richmond. Forwards "instructions from Genl Lee for your guidance they are vague enough." Says focus should be on "guarding the obstructions" moreso than the roads. States "The duty...

GLC02459.12

to William Latta

Reports on the Battle of Monterey and admits that his romantic ideas of war have been replaced with the harsh realities of battle and death. Writes that all accounts in the newspapers are wrong and that the report written by General Zachary Taylor...

GLC02905

to Daniel Harvey Hill

Clerical copy of a letter by Beauregard, with Beauregard's signature attesting that it is a "true copy." Beauregard informs Hill that President Davis refuses to assign him to command until Hill makes "the application for orders in the field", which...

GLC03013

to Isabella M. Hill

Relates accounts of his long a hard marches. Says General Thomas Jackson's "situation is very, very, very critical," as he is being pressed by the Union army, and hopes he is "fortunate in extricating himself." While McClellan and the bulk of the...

GLC01977

to Daniel H. Hill

Major General Wheeler writes to General Hill about adjusting the speed of the courier line, his orders to General Ferguson, his troop and enemy movements, and the disposition of his troops to General Hill. With a long postscript addressing some...

GLC00654

to Isabella Morrison Hill

Hill writes to his wife with general news. He discusses measles in the camp and the reception of his commission as Brigadier General in the Provisional Army. Also comments on two Union deserters who came with news of an advance, and remarks that "it...

GLC01080

Military telegram requesting Daniel H. Hill be assigned to command one of Pierre G. T. Beauregard's divisions

Also with autograph endorsement signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. Recipient's copy of a telegram from Beauregard to Bragg. Beauregard had requested that General Hill be assigned to his department as a...

GLC00864

to William J. Hardee

Handwritten telegram sent by Confederate General Hill stating that he needs two thousand arms, and that nine hundred men arrived from the west but one half of them have deserted.

GLC01002

to Marion Hutson

Comments on possible hesitation by General Daniel H. Hill and General Jackson, either James W. Jackson or Thomas J. Jackson, to transfer Marion out of the Army of Northern Virginia. Discusses furlough policy. Mentions that President Jefferson Davis...

GLC08165.52

to Isabella Morrison Hill

Hill discusses rumors of a new offensive, complaining that President Davis is manipulated by politicians, and passing on news of the early phases of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign (Jackson's wife Anna was Hill's wife's sister). Hill signs as...

GLC02309

to Daniel H. Hill

Reports from his scouts on the enemy's movements during Sherman's Carolina Campaign. Reports enemy's movement should be difficult because the "country was overflowed from the river, & the swamps so full as to be of very difficult passage." Less...

GLC08972