Hill enlisted in Co. G of the 6th VA Infantry on April 19, 1861. At some point he became sergeant, but his rank was reduced to private on October 27, 1862. He was promoted to corporal April 1, 1864. Hill was wounded at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864 and his left arm was amputated. He spent several months in military hospitals. He was returned to duty Nov. 7, 1864 as a military intelligence officer. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
After the war he moved to Portsmouth, VA where his profession in the 1870 and 1880 censuses is judge of Hustings Court. He died August 14, 1896 and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, VA. His widow's pension application indicates he died of "intestinal indigestion."
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