GDG- ANV Corps Commander Possibilities

[Margaret D. Blough]

Teej,

Longstreet seems to have been one of the few who enjoyed DH Hill's idiosyncracies.

Regards,

Margaret

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From: "Teej Smith" <teej at nc.rr.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
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> > Esteemed GDG Member Mike Peters Contributes: 
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> > I believe there were times when D. H. Hill couldn't even get along with 
> > himself.Her received my nod as the most cantankerous, with Eppa Hunton & 
> > Jubal 
> > Early honorably mentioned. 
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> IIRC, D.H. once wrote his wife that no one liked him in a tone that 
> suggested, a lot he cared. :-) He got along OK with his brother-in-law 
> Jackson, but he and his other brother-in-law, Rufus suffered a major falling 
> out after the woah when Rufus commited the unforgivable sin of becoming a 
> Republican. Hill and Barringer belonged to the same Presbyterian Church in 
> Charlotte, N.C. but Harvey refused to pass Rufus the sacrament. Eventually 
> the church split over the dispute. But I digress. Again, IIRC, D.H. Hill is 
> the only general that Lee publicly stated he didn't like. I believe he said 
> something like "that man croaks." Hill was publicly super critical of Lee's 
> Maryland Campaign. As Tom and I discussed in an earlier thread playing "hot 
> potato" with Bev Robertson was a bit of D.H. Hill's revenge on Marse Robert. 
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> Regards, 
> Teej 
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