Robert Benjamin Hilton (né Smith; 1821 – January 10, 1894) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, soldier, and Confederate politician who served in the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
[2] Later that year, he and Augustus Maxwell entered the newspaper business when they co-owned and edited the Tallahassee Floridian.
[4] At the outbreak of the Civil War, he received a commission in April 1861 as the captain of Company D of the 1st Florida Infantry.
[6] He also was active in legislation concerning tax limits and funding the Confederate currency.
[7] The journal Hilton maintained during the war is in the archives of the University of Florida in Gainesville.