Confederate Division A. P. Hill's Light Division Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign: Ambrose Powell Hill Members of Interest: Maj. R.C. Morgan, AAG; Maj. R.J. Wingate, AAIG; Capt. R.H.T. Adams, Signal Officer; Lt. Murray F. Taylor, ADC; Lt. J.H. Chamberlayne, ADC This Division's Chain of Command: Army - Army of Northern Virginia Corps - Jackson's Command Units which make up this , On May 26th 1862 Ambrose Powell Hill was promoted from Briadier General to Major General and was given the beginnings of what would become one of the priemer divisions of Lee's Army of Northern Viriginia. In short order after this appointment, Maj Gen Hill was exercising command over the brigades of Field, Gregg, Anderson, (soon to be Thomas,) Branch, Archer, and Pender, as well as the , A. P. Hill's Light Division was an infantry unit in Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia. Originally composed of six brigades, it was initially commanded by General A. P. Hill. In a revised form, the Light Division was later commanded by William Dorsey Pender and Cadmus M. Wilcox., A. P. Hill's Light Division was an infantry division in General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Originally including six brigades, the Division's first commander starting May 27, 1862 was then Major General A. P. Hill. Major Generals William Dorsey Pender and Cadmus M. Wilcox commanded a reorganized Light Division in the Army of Northern , Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. (November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865) was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War. He is usually referred to as A. P. Hill to differentiate him from Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill, who was unrelated. A Virginian, Hill was a career United States Army officer who had fought in the Mexican–American War and Seminole Wars before joining the , Organization of A. P. Hill's Light Division of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at the Civil War Battle of Antietam.