Clement A. Evans | |
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![]() Evans, c. 1864 | |
Birth name | Clement Anselm Evans |
Born | Stewart County, Georgia, U.S. | February 25, 1833
Died | July 2, 1911 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 78)
Buried | Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Allegiance |
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Service | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Commands | Gordon's Division, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
Battles/wars | |
Alma mater | Augusta Law School |
Spouse(s) |
Mary Allen Walton (m. 1854) |
Children | 8 |
Brigadier-General Clement Anselm Evans (February 25, 1833 – July 2, 1911) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Afterwards, he edited a 12-volume work on Confederate military history, so named, in 1899.