Red Hill, Alabama

Red Hill is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.

Red Hill, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°15′21″N 86°25′27″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Marshall
Elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	125481[1]

History

A Cherokee village called Brown's Village was founded around 1790 on Brown's Creek, near present-day Red Hill.^[2]

During the American Civil War, one of Nathan B. Forrest's generals, Hylan B. Lyon, was staying in a private residence in Red Hill. He was captured by a detachment of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, but managed to escape.^[3] On February 24, 1894, William Jackson Palmer was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as colonel leading the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry at Red Hill, January 14, 1865, where "with less than 200 men, [he] attacked and defeated a superior force of the enemy, captured their fieldpiece and about 100 prisoners without losing a man."^[4]

A post office was operated under the name Red Hill from 1842 to 1905.^[5]

References

1. "Red Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Wright, Jr., Amos J. (2003). Historic Indian Towns in Alabama, 1540-1838. University of Alabama Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8173-1251-X.
3. John Allan Wyeth (1989). That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. LSU Press. pp. 350–. ISBN 978-0-8071-1578-7.
4. Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J. (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press. p. 415. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
5. "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 21, 2014.