Henry H. Hill
Henry H. Hill was born around 1837 in South Carolina. He married a woman named Luvenia, and they had at least five children: James, born on January 8, 1859; George, born around 1861; Henry, born on September 31, 1862; Carlous, born on July 21, 1866; and Alice, born on December 24, 1870. They lived in Walterboro, South Carolina, and he worked as a timber cutter. By 1860, he owned $2,500 of real estate and $665 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 5th South Carolina Cavalry. The regiment took part in the Bermuda Hundred campaign and the Overland Campaign. Throughout the war, he wrote loving letters to his wife and children back in South Carolina. He occasionally chafed at military discipline. In May 1863, he prayed that "this war may not last much longer [so] that I may be a white man a gain so that I can go where I please." He drew motivation from his family. In February 1865, he predicted that "all will go home or to the enemy" if Union armies threatened their homes. He added that "if it was not for you and my little ones I would rather die than to live so." He remained in the army until at least February 1865.
 
He moved to Midway, South Carolina, after the war. He served as a deacon in the local Baptist church for several years. He died of “rheumatic metastisis” in Midway on there on January 8, 1873.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3098)Hill, Henry H.18371873-01-08
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 98

  • (3741) [associated with] ~ Henry H. Hill Genealogical Information, undated
  • (8419) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 6 February 1859
  • (8420) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 26 November 1861
  • (8421) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 1 December 1861
  • (8424) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8425) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 8 December 1861
  • (8435) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 11 December 1861
  • (8436) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 12 December 1861
  • (8437) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 15 December 1861
  • (8438) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 19 December 1861
  • (8440) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 25 June 1862
  • (8442) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 26 August 1862
  • (8445) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 3 September 1862
  • (8448) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 24 October 1862
  • (8475) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 29 October 1862
  • (8476) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 24 December 1862
  • (8477) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 2 January 1863
  • (8478) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 8 January 1863
  • (8479) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 11 January 1863
  • (8480) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 30 January 1863
  • (8487) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 5 March 1863
  • (8504) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 6 March 1863
  • (8514) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 12 March 1863
  • (8519) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 20 March 1863
  • (8524) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 2 April 1863
  • (8525) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 5 April 1863
  • (8526) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 17 April 1863
  • (8527) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 25 April 1863
  • (8529) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 4 May 1863
  • (8530) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 7 May 1863
  • (8531) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 19 May 1863
  • (8532) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8533) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 23 May 186X
  • (8534) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 30 May 1863
  • (8535) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 1 June 1863
  • (8536) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 22 June 1863
  • (8537) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 6 July 1863
  • (8538) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 17 July 1863
  • (8539) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 16 July 1863
  • (8540) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 1 August 1863
  • (8541) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, September 1863
  • (8542) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 7 September 1863
  • (8543) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 10 September 1863
  • (8544) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 16 September 1863
  • (8545) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 13 November 1863
  • (8546) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 27 November 1863
  • (8547) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 2 December 1863
  • (8639) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 29 December 1863
  • (8640) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 3 January 1864
  • (8641) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 7 June 1864
  • (8642) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 14 January 1864
  • (8643) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 22 January 1864
  • (8644) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, February 1864
  • (8645) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 9 February 1864
  • (8646) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 1864
  • (8649) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 4 March 1864
  • (8650) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 6 March 1864
  • (8651) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 9 March 1864
  • (8652) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 12 March 1864
  • (8653) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 11 March 1864
  • (8654) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 20 March 1864
  • (8655) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 22 March 1864
  • (8656) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 26 March 1864
  • (8657) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 31 March 1864
  • (8658) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 3 April 186X
  • (8659) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 13 April 1864
  • (8660) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 3 May 1864
  • (8661) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 5 July 186X
  • (8662) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 19 July 1864
  • (8663) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 11 August 1864
  • (8664) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 28 August 1864
  • (8665) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 14 September 1864
  • (8666) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 20 October 1864
  • (8667) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 23 October 1864
  • (8744) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 26 October 1864
  • (8745) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 18 November 1864
  • (8746) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 28 November 1864
  • (8747) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 4 December 1864
  • (8755) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 15 December 1864
  • (8756) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 28 December 1864
  • (8757) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 30 December 1864
  • (8758) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 13 February 1865
  • (8759) [associated with] ~ Henry H. Hill Statement, 5 April 1866
  • (8760) [writer] ~ "My Wife and Children," Henry H. Hill Poem, undated
  • (8761) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8762) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8763) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8764) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, 12 November 1864
  • (8765) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8766) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8767) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill Promissory Note, November 1869
  • (8775) [associated with] ~ Ephesus Church Statement, 11 August 1866
  • (8776) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill Manuscript Fragment, undated
  • (8777) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8778) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill to Luvenia Hill, undated
  • (8779) [writer] ~ Henry H. Hill Manuscript Fragment, undated
  • (8780) [associated with] ~ Henry H. Hill Financial Statement, undated
  • (8781) [associated with] ~ Guide to Henry H. Hill Papers, undated

People - Records: 1

  • (3100) Hill, Luvenia is the [wife of] (3098) Hill, Henry H.

Places - Records: 3

  • (429) [birth] ~ South Carolina
  • (3666) [death] ~ Barnwell County, South Carolina
  • (3667) [residence in 1860] ~ Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1226) [enlisted] ~ 5th South Carolina Cavalry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Henry H. Hill, available from Fold3.com; South Carolina Baptist Deaths and Marriages, 1866-1887, available from Ancestry.com