“H” is for Hill, Daniel Harvey (1821-1889). Soldier. A native of York District, Hill graduated from West Point and served in a series of important battles in the Mexican War. He resigned from the army to teach mathematics at Washington college in Virginia and Davidson College in North Carolina. When the Civil War began, he was appointed a colonel. In 1862 he was promoted to major general and participated in the Peninsula and Seven Days Campaigns. At Sharpsburg he had three horses shot from under him. Transferred to the Army of the Tennessee, he and other officers complained about the incompetence of General Braxton Bragg—a favorite of President Jefferson Davis. Hill was removed from his command. After the war Daniel Harvey Hill served as president of Arkansas Industrial University (later the University of Arkansas).
“H” is for Hill, Daniel Harvey (1821-1889)
