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Evans died in Atlanta on July 2, 1911: his body lay in state in the central rotunda of the capitol building while the state legislature adjourned for a day to attend his funeral. He was buried in Atlanta's
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If we cannot justify the South in the act of Secession, we will go down in History solely as a brave, impulsive but rash people who attempted in an illegal manner to overthrow the Union of our Country.
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Intrepid warrior: Clement Anselm Evans, Confederate general from Georgia; life, letters, and diaries of the war years.
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area, some with memberships as large as 1,000, until his retirement in 1892. Three years later, Evans authored the
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Evans was promoted to brigadier general in May 1864 (replacing Gordon who ascended to
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of the 31st Georgia Infantry on November 19, 1861, and was promoted to
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veterans organizations following the war. He helped organize the
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from September until November 1862, seeing additional action at
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List of commanders-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans
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People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
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Evans was very active in establishing and administering
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Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.
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Stewart County, Georgia
Atlanta
Oakland Cemetery
Confederate States
Confederate States Army
Brigadier general
Gordon
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
American Civil War
Seven Days Battle
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Monocacy
WIA
Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign
Alma mater
Augusta Law School
Brigadier-General
officer
Confederate States Army
infantry
Eastern Theater
American Civil War
Stewart County, Georgia
Augusta Law School

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