Robert C Hill

(? - 1863)
Home State: North Carolina
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 48th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Hill, from Iredell County, was elected Colonel of the 48th as it was organized in April 1862. 1

The remainder of the War:
"Colonel R. C. Hill was a very fine military man, very strict and much beloved by his men, but being in bad health he was often absent. He only commanded the regiment in the campaign of 1862 and 1863. He died in December, 1863".1

Death Date: 12/04/1863

Notes

1 From History of the 48th North Carolina Infantry by Captain W.H.H. Lawhon, Co. D, April 1901; transcribed by J. Weaver.
Weaver, Jeff, The North Carolina Civil War Home, Published 1998, first accessed 09 August 2005, <http://members.aol.com/jweaver303/nc/nccwhp.htm>, Source page: /48ncinf.htm [AotW citation 216]

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