47072: Daniel H. Hill Autograph Letter Signed "Husband.

Daniel H. Hill Autograph Letter Signed "Husband." Two pages, 7.75" x 11.25", Camp Fayetteville; September 25, 1861. A letter to his wife, describing an engagement with Confederate forces around Yorktown and his concerns about the safety of his men. It reads in part: "I sent out an expedition of one hundred men below last night to drive some marauders back. I will feel very anxious about them until their return. I gave them strict orders not to go nearer New Port News than 2 1/2 miles. My own party went within one mile of that place...They will not go 1 1/2 miles as near New Port News as we went...An attack was apprehended at Yorktown, but I suppose the rascals have gone to some point of our defense-less Southern West. They will not strike where much resistance is to be expected. The most important news is the movement of Genl Lee. He seems to have abandoned his position on Valley Mountain. Rosecrans has failed him. I knew would be a troublesome a troublesome fellow. Five of my class are Confederate Generals and a number of them Federal Generals. My room-mate from Maryland commanded the Third Infantry (Federal) at Manassas. It is painful to have our best friends opposite to us in this death struggle..." Daniel H. Hill (1821-1889) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and a southern scholar. He was known as an aggressive leader, and as an austere and deeply religious man, with a dry, sarcastic humor. He was brother-in-law to Stonewall Jackson, a close friend to both James Longstreet and Joseph E. Johnston, but disagreements with both Robert E. Lee and Braxton Bragg cost him favor with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Condition: Flattened folds, with small separations at some of the folds and at the edges. Uneven toning and foxing throughout. Minor chipping at the edges. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved