CIVIL WAR ERA 1861 McMINNVILLE TENNESSEE TREASURY REPORT GENERAL BENJAMIN HILL

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RARE CIVIL WAR ERA 1861 TREASURY REPORT OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF McMinnville TENNESSEE.
THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT WAS FOUND AMONG THE BELONGINGS OF CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR GENERAL BENJAMIN JEFFERSON HILL WHO LIVED IN McMINNVILLE AND WE BELIEVE IT IS IN HIS OWN HAND, BUT WE ARE NOT POSITIVE.
THE DOCUMENT IS TATTERED, WITH TEARS, MISSING PIECES AND THE BOTTOM QUARTER HAS BEEN DETACHED COMPLETELY FROM THE REST OF THE PAPER. PLEASE EXAMINE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS.Benjamin J. Hill began his Civil War service as colonel of the 5th Tennessee Volunteers in the Provisional Army of Tennessee. He resigned to enterConfederate States Armyservice as colonel of the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment by Tennessee Governor Isham Harris, which was the designation given to the 5th Tennessee Volunteers when they were mustered into Confederate service.Hill\'s regiment was assigned to the brigade ofBrigadier GeneralPatrick Cleburneand fought at theBattle of Shiloh.Hill served under Cleburne until Cleburne was killed at theBattle of Franklinon November 30, 1864.Hill also led the regiment at theSiege of Corinth.

Hill led his regiment in Bragg\'sKentucky Campaign, in which they initiated the attack at theBattle of Richmond, and at theBattle of Stones River(Murfreesboro).Hill led Cleburne\'s brigade at Richmond and at theBattle of Perryvilleafter Cleburne was wounded in those battles. Hill also was wounded at Richmond.Hill and his regiment also fought at theBattle of Chickamaugaand in theChattanooga Campaign, including the unsuccessful defense ofMissionary Ridge, where they were consolidated with the 48th Tennessee Infantry.Hill served as provost marshal of the Army of Tennessee between February 3, 1864 and August 23, 1864.

Hill was promoted to brigadier general (temporary) on November 30, 1864.Although his experience had been in the infantry, Hill was transferred to Brigadier GeneralWilliam Hicks Jackson\'sdivision ofLieutenant GeneralNathan Bedford Forrest\'sCavalry Corps. He cooperated with Major GeneralWilliam Bate\'sdivision in destroying the railroad and blockhouses betweenMurfreesboroandNashvillenear the end of theFranklin-Nashville Campaign.In the closing months of the war, he participated in Forrest\'s defense againstUnion ArmyMajor GeneralJames H. Wilson\'sraidin Alabama and Georgia, in particular at theBattle of Selma.Hill was paroled at Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 16, 1865.

Aftermath

After the war, Hill returned to McMinnville where he again engaged in business as a merchant and practiced law.He also was president of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad.

Benjamin Jefferson Hill died January 5, 1880 at McMinnville, Tennessee and is buried in Old City Cemetery, McMinnville.