Charles A. Hill
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
     Hill, Charles A.  - PVT - co F - 8 IL US CAV
     Residence, Crete, Will Co, IL; Join, 5Aug1862; Age, 28; Born, IL
     Height, 5' 11"; Hair, brown; Eyes, gray; Complexion, dark; Lawyer
     Discharged 22Sep1863 for promotion 

Headstone Readings, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, IL, Section 20:
     Charles A. Hill   Aug23 1833 - May 29 1902    FATHER
      Lydia M. Hill   Mar 11 1839 - Jan 7 1912   MOTHER
      Charles Willard Hill    Aug 25 1861 - Apr 5 1879
      Alfred N. Hill   Dec 1866 - Oct 8 1894

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Additional Biographical Material:
 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
     Hill, Charles Augustus, a Representative from Illinois; born in Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y., August 23, 1833; attended the common schools and a select school at Griffins Mills; taught school in Hamburg, Erie County, N.Y., and Will County, Ill.; attended Bell’s Commercial College, Chicago, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Indianapolis, Ind.; returned to Will County, Ill., in 1860 and practiced; during the Civil War enlisted in Company F, Eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, in August 1862; appointed first lieutenant in the First Regiment, United States Colored Troops; commissioned in 1865 captain of Company C of that regiment; returned to Will County, Ill., in 1865 and resumed the practice of law in Joliet; elected prosecuting attorney in 1868 for the counties of Will and Grundy and served four years; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in Joliet, Ill.; assistant attorney general of Illinois 1897-1900; died in Joliet, Ill, May 29, 1902; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.