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==Early life and education==
Daniel Harvey Hill was born at Hill's Iron Works, in [[York County, South Carolina|York District, South Carolina]] to Solomon and Nancy Cabeen Hill. His paternal grandfather, William "Billy" Hill, was a native of [[Ireland]] who had an iron foundry in York District where he made cannon for the [[Continental Army]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cowan|first=Thomas|date=Nov 1987|title="William Hill and the Aera Ironworks"|url=https://archive.org/details/journalofearlyso1321987muse/page/n3/mode/2up|journal=Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts|volume=13| issue=2 |pages=1–31|via=Archive.org}}</ref> His maternal grandfather was a native of [[Scotland]].
Hill graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1842, ranking 28 out of 56 cadets, and was appointed to the 1st United States Artillery as a brevet 2nd Lieutenant. He was transferred to the 3rd Artillery on 20 October 1843. Hill was promoted to 2nd Lt. On 13 Oct 1845 in the 4th Artillery Regt. He was promoted to 1st Lt on 3 March 1847.<ref>''Heitman's Register and Dictionary of the US Army,'' v1, 381 </ref> As his regiment served as infantry, he distinguished himself in the [[Mexican–American War]], being [[brevet (military)|brevetted]] to captain for bravery at the [[Battle of Contreras]] and [[Battle of Churubusco|Churubusco]], and brevetted to major for bravery at the [[Battle of Chapultepec]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Hill, Daniel Harvey |volume=13 |page=464}}</ref> Among the people enslaved by the Hill family during Daniel Harvey's youth was [[Elias Hill]] In February 1849, Daniel Harvey Hill resigned his commission and became a professor of mathematics at Washington College (now [[Washington and Lee University]]), in [[Lexington, Virginia]].<ref name="EB1911" /> While living in Lexington, he wrote a college textbook for the [[Southern United States]] market, ''Elements of Algebra'', which "with quiet, sardonic humor, points a finger of ridicule or scorn at any and everything Northern." While not all of the textbook's questions were "anti-Yankee", many were, such as:{{r|bridges195605}}
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{{quote|A gentleman in Richmond expressed a willingness to liberate his slave, valued at $1000, upon the receipt of that sum from charitable persons. He received contributions from 24 persons; and of these there were 14/19ths fewer from the North than the South, and the average donation of the former was 4/5ths smaller than that of the latter. What was the entire amount given by the latter? ''Answer.'' $50 by the former; $950 by the latter.<ref>Hill, Maj. D. H. ''Elements of Algebra'', p. 153.</ref>}}
In 1854, he joined the faculty of [[Davidson College]], [[North Carolina]]. In 1859,
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