The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-09-26
GEN,L II. HILL DEAD.

stomach at the residence OF ME-. j :.
II. Irwin in Charlotte Tuesday eve
ming at 4.30 p. M, aged 6S years
His life was noble one. Il was
filled with high purpose and earnest
endeavor. On the battle field and
in the school-room he gave his ser
vices to his fellow-man. Along
with Lee and Jackson, ant! Johnson
and Stuart, his sword CLEANED alott
for the land he loved. Their names
are immortal, and his should bear
them company In the memory Of
their countrymen.
After the storm had cleared and
peace prevailed, we find him year
after year in the schooi-roon. leading
young minds into the raths oi learn
ing and truth and imprcssing on
them the stamp Of his own earnest,
manly character. such l;fa is a
heritage to tue peoPle cf The South,
and sets a lofty example Tor eur
youth.
We are indebted {. The Charlotte
Chronicle for condensed sketch of
his life.
Gen. Hill was born in York
county, S c., Al Hills Iron Works,
which were established by his grand
father VIM. Hill. before the Revo-
luton, and were the only works Of
the kind, at the time Of establish
ment south of Richmond. His
father, Solomon Hill, fell heir 10
these works. He died when his son
Daniel was only four years old, and
his youth was guided and his char
acter moulded by his mother, who
was a woman of remarkably strong
character and of great intellectually.
She was a strict Presbyterian Her
maiden name was Nancy Cabeen,
and she was the daughter of John
Cabeen, a man whom Gen. Sumptar
said was the bravest man IN his
legion. Cen Hill was wont to say
that his mother ALWAYS had more in
fluence over him than any one else.
At the age of IS Gen. Hill went
to West Point, where he graduated
in the class of 40, with Gems. Long
street and A. z. Stewart, and also
with Gems. Doubleday and Rey-
nolds, his foes in the late war, be-
sides other men who afterwards
attained to military prominence in
both the Confederate and Federal
armies. He was in West Point 4
years. After graduation he served
as Lieutenant in the 18th L. S. artil-
lery, in Fort Kent, Me, Fortress
Monroe, and Savannah and Charles
ton.
From Charleston he went diret 10
the Mexican war, and was one of the
SIX lieutenants in the entire army
who were twice breveted FOR "gallant
and meritorious service" This SER
vice was rendered at Cerra Gordo,
Cherubusco, and Monterey. After
the war the legislature Of South Caro-
lima, his native State, presented him
with a gold sword. He volunteered
IN this war on every opportunity,
for every storming party made up,
from the beninning to the end of
the service
On November 2nd, 1913, Gen.
Hill was married to Miss Isabella
Morrison, oldest daughter of DIR. r.
III. Morrison, and in the same year
he went to Washington College,
Lexington, Va, as Professor of
mathematics, and in 1854 he accept
ed a similar position in Davidson
College, where he helped materially,
to raise the standard of scholarship.
He came to Charlotte few years
before the war as Superintendent of
the military academy till the out
break of the war, when he went out
as Colonel of the 1st n. G.. regiment
and was in the first battle of the
war at Big Bethel. Nearly all his
cadets went out with him and over
half of them were killed. He was
in many of the most important bat
ties of Virginia. At Seven Pines his
division, made up of N. c. troops
nearly altogether, was the only one
that pulled a trigger.
He was in the battles around
Richmond and at Malvern Hill,
and at Boonesboro or South Noun
tain. He held back, with his divis-
ion of 5000, McClellan's whole ar