Background
Hill was born in Monroe County, New York and later moved to Dyersburg, Tennessee in 1839 and then Trenton, Tennessee ten years later.
Hill was born in Monroe County, New York and later moved to Dyersburg, Tennessee in 1839 and then Trenton, Tennessee ten years later.
Hill was appointed colonel with the 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. He resigned his colonelship on January 5, 1863 due to "remittant fever" and gastroenteritis. Later that year, he lost a race for the Confederate States Congress.
Hill died on October 24, 1867 of yellow fever in Memphis.
He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Trenton, Tennessee.