in the spring of 1863, hill was detached to help defend north carolina and southern virginia. he never rejoined lee’s army. after helping defend richmond during lee’s gettysburg campaign, hill was sent west to command a corps in braxton bragg’s army of tennessee. hill led his corps in the victory at the battle of chickamauga. after the battle, however, tensions with bragg led to hill being sidelined and to the cancellation of his promotion to lieutenant general. hill did not command troops again until the final weeks of the war at the battle of bentonville.