General A.P. Hill

During his brief lifetime, General Ambrose Powell Hill was largely overshadowed by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Yet “Little Powell” was one of the most gifted and courageous officers in the Confederate Army, a commander whose Light Division played a significant role in many battles including, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. This compelling biography is the first detailed assessment of Hill’s career. It gives us a valuable new perspective on the conduct of the Civil War and on a commander who “symbolized the Southern Confederacy: its enthusiasm, its pride, its incongruity, its sacrifice.”

“A.P. Hill has been brought brilliantly to life in this book . . . an unforgettable portrait of one of the great Confederate generals.” —Virginius Dabney