Background
CHILTON, Robert Hall was born on February 25, 1814 in Loudon County, Virginia, United States, United States. Son of William and Sarah (Powell)Chilton.
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Robert Hall CHILTON
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Private school, United States Military Academy.
Career
After graduating forty-eighth in a class of fifty from the U.S. Military Academy in 1837, he began a U.S. Army career as a second lieutenant in the 1st Dragoons and saw frontier duty in Kansas and the Indian Territory. He was married and had a family. Chilton was sent to Texas in 1844 and served in the Mexican War, where he was breveted a major for his performance at Buena Vista.
In 1854, he was transferred to a staff assignment, and until he resigned his commission on April 29, 1861, he was a major and paymaster in the U.S. Army, and stationed in Washington, D.C. He entered the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel in the Adjutant General Department and served as Robert E. Lee’s chief of staff during 1861. He was promoted to brigadier general on October 20, 1862, but was not confirmed in this position by the Senate until February 16, 1864, because of clashes with General John B. Magruder. In April 1864, he was relieved of field duty and was assigned to Richmond as inspector general for the Army of Northern Virginia until (he end of the war.
After the war, he was president of a manufacturing company in Columbus, Georgia.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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United States