Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Feb. 25.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Feb. 25.
1863: There is minor skirmishing going on in Virginia at Winchester, Hartwood Church, Chantilly, and Strasburg. At Charleston, South Carolina, inflation is making life hard for civilians, including a loaf of bread costing $25 and a barrel of flour $65.
1864: First Battle of Dalton, Ga.: Fighting on this day is reported near Dalton, Georgia, and the Federals had to retreat. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston commanded about 40,000 soldiers in the Army of Tennessee. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas commanded about 25,000 bluecoats in the Army of the Cumberland. Confederate casualties amounted to 140 and Federals lost about 300.
1865: Last Charge of the Army of Tennessee: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was appointed to command the Army of Tennessee to rebuild it to give Sherman serious opposition in the Carolina Campaign. He assembles enough troops to at least be able to make a serious stand against the rampaging bluecoats.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Feb. 25.
Brigadier General Clement Anselm Evans was born on this day in 1833 in Stewart County, Georgia. Before the war, Evans was a lawyer and George State Senator but when Lincoln was elected in 1860, raised a state militia company. After the War for Southern Independence came in 1861, Evans was commissioned a major in the 31st Georgia Infantry and promoted to colonel on May 13, 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1864. Evans' battles included the Seven Days Battle, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Monocacy (where he was wounded), Hatchers Run, and Appomattox at the war's end. Following the war, he became a Methodist minister and was active in Confederate veteran organizations and causes, such as the Confederate Survivors Association. He was one of the founders of the United Confederate Veterans and was the Georgia UCV commander for 12 years. Evans also authored his own memoirs and the Military History of Georgia. He was also the editor and co-authored the 12-volume Confederate Military History. Evans died July 2, 1911, and paid the honor of having his body lay in the state capitol's central rotunda. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
Brigadier General Robert Hall Chilton was born on this day in 1815 in Loudoun County, Virginia. He graduated from West Point in 1837 ranking 48th out of 57 cadets. His U.S. Army career includes service in the 1st Regiment of Dragoons with duty on the frontier and then in Mexican American War and was brevetted a major for gallantry at the Battle of Buena Vista. He rescued wounded Col. Jefferson Davis in that battle. Following that war was a paymaster in various posts. Chilton resigned from the U.S. Army on April 29, 1861, and joined the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel on the staff of General Robert E. Lee. He was promoted to brigadier general on Feb. 16, 1864. In May 1864 he led a small force against an enemy force raiding the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad. Following the war he lived in Columbus, Georgia where he served as the president of a manufacturing company. Chilton died Feb. 18, 1879, in Columbus and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va.
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