The last name spoken on their deathbeds by R. R. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson was that of their great subordinate, A. P. Hill. Lee's
final words, "Tell A. P. Hill to come up" keynote the story of the
Culpeper redhead and his hard hitting light division. For the Light
Division always did come up at the critical moment to save the day
for the Army of Northern Virginia. The gallantry and dash of Powell
Hill's Cavalier ancestors characterized his own career and death on
the battlefield. He and his officers and men saw more frontline
action than most of lee's army. But their dreadful losses and other
vicissitudes of campaigning left a searing imprint on the former
U.S. Army captain whose normally friendly spirit had to be
submerged by the stern requirements of combat leadership. In less
than three years he rose to the rank of corps commander and at the
end was Lee's closets adviser. Hill's officers and men returned the
loyalty and esteem which he game them and, responding to the flame
of his unquenchable fighting s
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