Raynors HCA 2017-12
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Pair of carte de visites of Sylvester Gardner Hill was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as a brigade commander during the Red River Campaign and Battle of Nashville. Hill's final engagement came in December 1864 at the Battle of Nashville. On the first day of the battle Hill led his brigade against the Confederates on Montgomery Hill and was killed instantly from artillery fire from Redoubt No. 2. He was posthumously given a brevet promotion to brigadier general for his service at Nashville. He received a posthumous appointment as a brevet brigadier general. Both image are view of Colonel S.G. Hill in uniform, one oval cut, neither with backmark, both good condition.
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