HILL, Benjamin Jefferson
Confederate
Born: June 13 1825, McMinnville TN
Died: January 5 1880, McMinnville TN
Pre-War Profession: Mercantile business, politician.
War Service: 1861 Col. of 5th Tennessee Volunteers in
the Provisional Army of Tennessee, September 1861 Col. of 35th
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry in Confederate service, Shiloh,
Richmond KY, Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge, provost marshal
of the Army of Tennessee, Atlanta campaign, command a cavalry
brigade in Hood's Tennessee campaign, November 1864
Brig. Gen., Selma.
Post War: Lawyer, businessman.