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Lee's Fighting General - Daniel Harvey Hill - a riveting narrative and serious historical study of the nineteenth century's most legendary fighting General and an epic recount of his role in the two most litigious events of the American Civil War; Lee's Lost Dispatch and the Controversy at Chickamauga! This masterfully written book draws from obscurity the personality of Lee's Fighting General; providing a gripping and original study of Lee's legendary fighter from way back while invoking vivid memories of our nation's bloody and fratricidal civil war. The sounds of clashing bayonets, thunderous cannonades and withering volleys of musketry echo thunderously through this brilliant motif, recounting with great specificity and historical accuracy the events of a bygone era - when legendary men as Robert E. Lee, ole Pete Longstreet and D. H. Hill, facing insurmountable odds, gallantly responded to the echo of a distant bugle and charged into history's desperate and sanguinary civil war battles. A must read for every serious student of civil war & military history. This captivating motif immerses the reader in a suspense-filled drama that rivals even the greatest Civil War literary novels of fiction, yet its compelling narrative is told with such historical precision and specificity that it stands noteworthy of higher level institutional study of war. Beautifully illustrated and comprehensively researched from the official archives of both armies, the events of a bygone era are validated with historical precision and accuracy as the Fighting General's namesake recounts his iconic life from cradle to grave. So fix bayonet, load your musket, move at the double quick and charge into history with Lee's Fighting General!

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Brigadier General - D.H. Hill's Division [[XXI-Provisional]] Commanding General; US Army (Retired) & Hill Family Namesake D. R. Hill was born September 5th, 1949, in Union County, NC - within a 25 mile radius of the locations of D.H. Hill's birth, childhood home, professorships with the North Carolina Military Institute and Davidson College; he entered the US Army in 1968 as a private and advanced through the NCO corps attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant; graduating with honors from the North Carolina Military Academy [[successor institution of D. H. Hill's North Carolina Military Institute]] he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry in 1973 with unit assignment as platoon leader to NCARNG unit bearing lineage and honors of the First North Carolina's Big Bethel Regiment, including the Big Bethel battle streamer - the immortal First North Carolina Regiment - first commanded by Colonel D. H. Hill; his military service totaled 41 years [[August1968-September2009) and included a total of twelve years in command at the brigadier, regimental, battalion, company, and platoon levels; his assignments ranged from platoon, company & battery level to 3 star command; twice he was called to the battlefield in the defense of our nation; he was highly decorated with his highest honor being the US Army's Legion of Merit medal; he is a graduate of the US Army War College [Class of 2004], the US Army Command & General Staff College, and all four Officer Advance Schools of Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and Engineer. He holds his Ph.D. in Management, M.B.A.; Masters in Strategic Studies; Bachelors and Associates Degrees in Business; he is married and continues to raise his Christian family under the same devout Presbyterian faith as is the custom in the Hill families. On this date, he proudly serves as the Provisional Commanding General - D. H. Hill's Division XXI - [[Provisional]] and responsible for the perpetuation of the Division's heritage and the memory of the gallant soldiers of that distinguished command through the website [[www.LeesFightingGeneral.com]]

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