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D. H. (Daniel Harvey) Hill

From the state marker
“Lieutenant General, C.S.A.; Supt. N.C. Military Institute in Charlotte; Davidson College professor; Editor, "The Land We Love." Grave is here.”
State historical marker: L-40: D. H. Hill

1821–1889 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Civil War Collection

Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina · 1860

Statewide Civil War collection of the State Archives of North Carolina, dated 1860 to 1965. It gathers pardon petitions, bounty payrolls, quartermaster vouchers and supply papers, disabled veterans' claims and letters about artificial limbs, regimental and unit papers, muster rolls, diaries, reminiscences, clippings and sheet music. Orange County is one of the many North Carolina counties represented.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889.

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Background context: Historical marker L-40: D. H. Hill NC Highway Historical Marker Lieutenant General, C.S.A.; Supt. N.C. Military Institute in Charlotte; Davidson College professor; Editor, "The Land We Love." Grave is here.
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 235 Orange County pages naming D. H. Hill DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for D. H. (Daniel Harvey) Hill NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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