A. P. Hill

Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr.
Nickname	"Little Powell", "A. P. Hill"
Born	(1825-11-09)November 9, 1825 Culpeper, Virginia, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1865(1865-04-02) (aged 39) Petersburg, Virginia
Buried at	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army  Confederate Army
Years of service	1847–61 (USA) 1861–65 (CSA)
Rank	First Lieutenant (USA) Lieutenant General (CSA)
Commands held	13th Virginia Infantry A. P. Hill's Light Division, Second Corps Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars	Mexican-American War Seminole Wars American Civil War Third Battle of Petersburg †

Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (1825–1865) was a career United States Army officer from Virginia who resigned and served as a Confederate States Army general and died near the end of the American Civil War.^[1] He had started his military career in 1847, graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 15th out of a class of 38.^[1] While at the academy, he and his roommate George B. McClellan became close friends.^[2] He served during the last part of the Mexican-American War in Texas.^[3] He served during the Seminole War of 1849–50 in Florida.^[4] Hill is best known for commanding the "Light Division" under General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.^[5]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "A. P. Hill, CSA Lieutenant General November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865". Civil War Trust. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
2. ↑ Kennedy Hickman (August 29, 2016). "American Civil War: Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill". About Education. About, Inc. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
3. ↑ International Encyclopedia of Military History, ed. James C. Bradford (New York; London: Routledge, 2006), p. 606.
4. ↑ J. Rickard (January 2007). "Ambrose Powell Hill, 1825-1865". History of War. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
5. ↑ "A.P. Hill". HistoryNet. Retrieved September 3, 2016.