GENERAL AMBROSE POWELL HILL.
HIS CAREER AS A SOLDIER.
Graduated from West Point in 1847, Second Lieut. U. S. A.
Served in Mexico as First Lieut.; promoted for his distinguished services in the Artillery before the City of Mexico, Sept., 1851.
Served in Florida and Texas until 1856; assigned to Coast Survey.
Resigned his Commission in the U. S. A. 1861.
Colonel 13th Virginia Infantry May 9, 1861; Brig.-General First Brigade.
Longstreet's Division, February 26, 1862—1st, 11th, 17th and 7th Virginia Regiments.
Major-General Light Division, Jackson's Corps, May 26, 1862:
Fender's Brigade North Carolina Troops.
McGowan's Brigade South Carolina Troops.
Archer's Brigade Tennessee Troops.
Brockenbrough's Brigade Virginia Troops.
Scales' Brigade North Carolina Troops.
Lane's Brigade North Carolina Troops.
Colonel R. L. Walker's Artillery.
Lieut.-General and Commander of the Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, May 26, 1863:
Heth's Division, Mahone's Division, Wilcox's Division.
General R. L. Walker's Third Corps Artillery Battalion, 80 guns.
Killed before Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
