sentences:  During the Civil War, Hill took an active part in raising troops for the Union Army.He served in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1861, 1862 and 1866, serving as Speaker of the House in the last year, was an unsuccessful candidate for the New Jersey Senate in 1862 and was again a member of the town committee from 1863 to 1867.He was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1866, serving from 1867 to 1873.