Ambrose Pierce (A.P.) Hill served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and as a lieutenant general for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He was born November 9, 1825, in Culpepper County, Virginia. He attended the U. S. Military Academy at West Point where he ironically roomed with George McClellan, future commander of the Union Army of the Potomac. He married Catherine "Kitty" Morgan (1834-1920); they had two children Frances Russell and Lucy Lee. "On April 2, 1865, while riding along the defensive lines at Petersburg, Hill was shot and killed by a federal soldier. General Robert E. Lee considered A.P. Hill to be one of the Confederate armies' finest commanders."
Fort A. P. Hill near Bowling Green, Virginia was named in his honor. However, the installation was renamed Fort Walker after Mary Walker, a Civil War surgeon and the only women to earn the Medal of Honor.
Available in Special Collections Research Center
- "A. P. Hill", Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
External References
- "American Civil War: Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill"
- "Civil War Trust Biography"
- Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill renamed Fort Walker in push to remove Confederate symbols - ABC News