8 June 1862

Hill, Ambrose P., 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Hall Chilton

General Hill writes to Colonel Chilton, Assistant Adjutant General serving under Robert E. Lee, to discuss an endorsement on an enclosed application [not present]. Hill desires a detail for the applicant as a clerk in the adjutant general's office of Hill's division; says he cannot assign his nephew to the post, as they are not in the same division. On verso, is an autograph endorsement signed by Chilton, referring this request to General Henry Alexander Wise. There is also an autograph endorsement signed by Wise in pencil, 9 June 1862, remarking that Hill's request should be complied with "…

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24 May 1863

Hill, Ambrose P., 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert E. Lee

"If a judicious appointment of Major General is not made, I fear that all this will be lost... Gen. Pender has fought with the Divisions in every battle, he has been four times wounded and never left the field, he has risen by death and wounds from fifth Brigadier to be its senior, had the best drilled and disciplined Brigade in the Division, and more than all, possesses the unbridled confidence of the Division. At the battle of Chancellorsville he seized the colors, and on horseback led his Brigade up and in to the Federal intrenchments. The effect of such examples of daring gallantry at…

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