Robert Chilton

Robert Chilton was a colonel in the Confederate Army during the War of Secession. Chilton was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia and was adjutant to General Robert E. Lee during Lee's Philadelphia campaign in the fall of 1862. After hearing that Thomas Jackson had turned the Army of the Potomac's right flank, Chilton and Lee discussed plans to exploit the victory and end the war. Chilton had an extremely low opinion of George McClellan--as did just about everyone, with the exception of George Custer.