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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Daniel Harvey Hill was an American military officer and scholar who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War. He is usually referred to as D. H. Hill, in part to distinguish him from unrelated Confederate general A. P. Hill, who served with him in the Army of Northern Virginia.

July 12, 1821 - September 24, 1889

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As each brigade emerged from the woods, from 50 to 100 guns opened upon it, tearing great gaps in its ranks; but the heroes pressed on and were shot down by reserves at the guns. It was not war, it was murder.

Daniel Harvey Hill

It was not war, it was murder.

Daniel Harvey Hill

We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a grand thing to charge a battery or an earth-work lined with infantry.

Daniel Harvey Hill

The vast army of McClellan spread out before me. The marching columns extended back as far as eye could see in the distance. It was a grand and glorious spectacle, and it was impossible to look at it without admiration.

Daniel Harvey Hill

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Daniel Harvey Hill

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