Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (November 9, 1825 — April 2, 1865) was a Confederate army general who was killed in the American Civil War.
A native Virginian, Hill was a career United States Army officer who had fought in the Mexican–American War and Seminole Wars prior to joining the Confederacy. After the start of the American Civil War, he gained early fame as the commander of the "Light Division" in the Seven Days Battles and became one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest subordinates, distinguishing himself in the 1862 battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Following Jackson's death in May 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Hill was promoted to lieutenant general and commanded the Third Corps of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, which he led in the Gettysburg Campaign and the fall campaigns of 1863. His command of the corps in 1864–65 was interrupted on multiple occasions by illness, from which he did not return until just before the end of the war, when he was killed during the Union Army's offensive at the Third Battle of Petersburg.
Parrish "P. J." Hill Jr. (born January 3, 1987) is a former American football running back. was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Wisconsin.
Hill has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.
After graduating from Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York in 2005, Hill attended Wisconsin. Hill is one of just two players in Wisconsin Badgers history to have rushed for 1,000 yards in each of their first three seasons. He is one of two players to score at least ten rushing touchdowns in their first three years. Hill ranks third on the school’s career rushing yardage list with 3,942 yards and is tied for third on Wisconsin's career rushing touchdowns list with 42. His 44 total touchdowns (42 rushing and two receiving) place him tied for second in school history. He is third on the school’s list for career rushing attempts with 770. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry during his 36-game career (tenth all-time at Wisconsin) He rushed for at least 100 yards in a game 19 times (tied for third-most in school history).
Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, is a training and maneuver center belonging to the United States Army, located near the town of Bowling Green, Virginia. It is named for Virginia native and Confederate Lieutenant General A. P. Hill.
In the spring of 1940, the War Plans Division of the Army General Staff developed a plan to raise a national army of four million men that would allow it to conduct simultaneous operations in both the Pacific and Europe theaters. In July 1940, a movement began to locate an area of approximately 60,000 acres (240 km2), independent of any post, and lying somewhere between the Potomac River and the upper Chesapeake Bay.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Marston, an artillery officer stationed in Richmond, Virginia and acting as an agent of the Third Corps Area commander, made a detailed investigation of the Bowling Green, Virginia area in September 1940. He enthusiastically recommended that the War Department procure the Caroline County site. The result was a maneuver area that contained 77,332 acres (312.95 km2) and billeting space for 74 officers and 858 enlisted personnel.