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Confederate Major General Daniel Harvey Hill saw action in the Eastern Theater for most of the war. His name is best known from the Battle of Antietam. He was 40 years in September of 1862. He graduated in the West point Class of 1842. He ranked 28th in a graduating class of 56 cadets. He saw distinguished service in the Mexican War. He resigned his commission to become a mathematics teacher at Washington College, Davidson College and the North Carolina Military Institute. He reenlisted in the Confederate army and worked his way up the ranks to Major general. His most difficult task was at Turner's gap in the 1862 Battle of South Mountain. He served at Antietam under Stonewall jack's Corps as a Division commander.

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