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Since Nathaniel Hill was
not a member of the Army, there is no biography of him in the National Archives.
Below is my biography of the man.
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Nathaniel Boush Hill was born in
1806. He married Catherine (1805-1856) and 36 year old Rebecca in
1859. All were born in
Virginia.
The first marriage produced two children,
including Dr. Owen Baylor Hill who died in 1862. |
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At the time of the 1860 Census,
N. B. was living and working in Richmond and was very wealthy --
$36,000 in real estate and $50,000 in personal property (which would
include slaves). N. B. and his brother, who died in 1861, were slave
auctioneers and commission merchants. They also advertised as middle
men for the hiring out of slaves. As commission merchants, they
received merchandise, usually farm, and sold to the next level of
customer.
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N. B. lived in Jefferson Ward and
had been elected from the ward to the City Council for many years
and continued on the Council through the war. He was elected to the
State Convention that met in Richmond in early February, 1861.
N. B. died in 1892. |
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N. B. lived on 19th Street,
between Franklin and Grace Streets. His business was at the corner
of Wall and Franklin streets. He was still in business there in
February, 1865. In 1862, a hospital in a converted tobacco warehouse
on 21st Street, between Cary and Main streets, was called the N. B.
Hill Hospital.
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N. B. Hill was a long time
Director for the Shareholders on the Board of the Virginia Central
RR. During the War, he was a State Director on the Board of the
Richmond & Danville RR.
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In 1861, he was assigned by the
City Council to the committee to erect city defences and was also
selected as one of the commissioners to supervise the election for
President and Vice-President of the Confederacy in Richmond.
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| August 1, 1861 |
Hired a slave to work as Laborer for Maj. Ashe
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| December 1, 1861 |
Paid as Transportation Agent for the Virginia
Central RR in Richmond on the authority of Maj. Ashe
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| April 22, 1862 |
Wrote the Secretary of War to get a position in
the Quarter Master's Department in Richmond
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| June 9, 1862 |
Wrote the Secretary of War asking for Ashe's
position, since Ashe had resigned
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| April 24, 1865 |
Paroled in Richmond
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| July 17, 1865 |
Pardoned
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