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  Jubal Anderson Early - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Early was a Whig and strongly opposed secession at the April 1860 Virginia convention for that purpose.
Early was able to delay the Union forces and pin down Sedgwick while Lee and Jackson attacked the remainder of the Union troops to the west.
In a brilliant surprise attack, Early routed two thirds of the Union army at the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864, but his troops were hungry and exhausted and fell out of their ranks to pillage the Union camp; Sheridan managed to rally his troops and defeat Early decisively.
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 Bibliography - Jubal Early
Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 March 2, 1894) was a lawyer and Confederate States of America General in the American Civil War.
Early was able to delay the Union forces and pin down Sedgwick while Lee and Jackson attacked the remainder of the Union forces to the west.
Earlys most important service was in the summer and fall of 1864, when he commanded the Confederacys last invasions of the North.
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 Early, Jubal Anderson - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Early voted against secession in the Virginia convention (Apr., 1861), but when war broke out he became a colonel of Virginia troops.
Early drove Hunter westward and then marched down the Shenandoah valley, crossed the Potomac, and moved on Washington.
Early returned and surprised Sheridan's army at Cedar Creek (Oct. 19) but was finally defeated.
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 JUBAL ANDERSON EARLY, CSA
Jubal Anderson Early was born on November 3, 1816, in Franklin County, Virginia.
Early fought under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in the Army of Northern Virginia, and was shot in the shoulder at Williamsburg.
Nevertheless, Early's work in the Gettysburg Campaign kept him high in General Lee's estimation, and Early was appointed lieutenant general as of may 31, 1864.
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 Jubal Anderson Early 1816 - 1894
Jubal Anderson Early was the son of Colonel Joab Early who was the son of Jubal and Sarah Early.
Jubal Anderson Early was the 3rd of three children.
Jubal Anderson Early, known as "Old Jube" or "Jubilee",was a Major General in the Confederate States of America.
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 EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON ... - Online Information article about EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON ...
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Waynesboro (March 1865) was his last fight, after which he was relieved from his command.
Northern Virginia, and one of the ablest in the whole Confederate army.
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 early on - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Early, Jubal Anderson (1816-94), Confederate general, born in Franklin County, Virginia, and educated at the U.S. Military Academy.
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 Jubal Anderson Early
Early and Hood had been calling for reinforcements and just as the Yankees were making headway, General Lafayette McLaws arrived, catching Sedwick's right flank, breaking the attack and nearly killing Sedgwick and Sumner.
Early received orders to "hold in readienss," but when Harvey Hill's retreating men brought word of a terrible gap in the front line Early advanced to the battle, waved on by a dying Maxcy Gregg.
As word reach Early of Lee's success during the first day of battle at Chancellorsville he was preparing to engage two corps under John Sedgwick that crossed the Rappahanock River on a rapidly constructed pontoon bridge.
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 General Jubal A. Early
Early was a successful attorney; in one famous case in Mississippi in 1852 the local newspaper there reported, "So clear were his deductions from the law; the adaptation, fitness and cogency with which he applied them; his lofty and Virginia bearing to the Court" that he won the case over the top lawyers in Mississippi.
From there Early proceeded down the Valley to the very gates of Washington where he "scared the hell out of Lincoln." With an army of only 14,000 at its peak, and even that subsequently riddled by attrition and suffering a lack of supplies, Early tied up an army of 40 to 60,000.
The old soldier Jubal Early died in Lynchburg in 1894 and was buried on his old battleground there; he had become a well-known Southern fold hero.
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 Jubal Anderson Early - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War.
In the Second Bull Run campaign, Early was noted for his performance at the Battle of Cedar Mountain and arrived in the nick of time to reinforce A.P. Hill on Jackson's left on Stony Ridge.
Early served in the Shenandoah Valley over the winter of 1863 – 1864.
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 Jubal A. Early
Jubal Anderson Early was born in Franklin County, Virginia, the son of a prominent old line family.
Early was a vocal opponent of secession in the Virginia Convention in 1861, but once war broke out he accepted appointment as a colonel in the Confederate Army.
In 1864 Early was appointed by Lee to head an army in the Shenandoah Valley, which was intended to divert Union attention from Confederate positions in Richmond and Petersburg.
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 Jubal Anderson Early. "Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the spring of the year 1841, I was elected by a small majority, as one of the delegates from the County of Franklin, to the Virginia Legislature, and served in the session of 1841 and 1842, being the youngest member of the body.
        Early in July General Beauregard summoned all his brigade commanders to a conference at Fairfax Station, and there disclosed to them, in confidence, his plan of operations in the event of an advance by the enemy, for which he had learned active preparations were being made.
Early in the morning a Virginia company under Captain Gibson, unattached, had been permitted, at the request of the Captain, to join Kemper's regiment and remained with it throughout the day.
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 Jubal Anderson Early Biography
Always an irascible officer, Jubal A. Early suffered overwhelming defeats in the Shenandoah Valley and went on after the conflict to wage a literary war with a fellow Confederate corps commander.
A West Pointer (1837) from Virginia, Early had served one year in the artillery, and later in the Mexican War as a major of volunteers, before taking up law.
A couple of weeks later this command was sent back to the Valley and Early invaded Maryland, fighting at Monocacy and on the outskirts of Washington.
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 General Jubal Anderson Early   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
General Jubal Anderson Early was born on November 3, 1816 in Franklin County, Virginia.
During the beginning of the Battle of the Wilderness, while temporarily in command of Hill's corps, he defeated the Federal attack on the flank, and while in the same command he defeated Union General Burnside at Spotsylvania Court House.
Early also struck an effective blow at Bethesna Church on his way to Cold Harbor, and after that battle he attacked Grant's right flank twice.
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 Jubal Early
Early was an opponent of secession but when Virginia left the Union but on the outbreak of the American Civil War he accepted command of the 24th Virginia Infantry.
Early fought well at Antietam and Fredericksburg and on 23rd April, 1863, was promoted to major general.
Major General Lew Wallace encountered Early by the Monacacy River and although defeated was able to slow his advance to Washington.
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 Jubal Anderson Early   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Early was a heavy drinker with an abrasive tongue and an irascible personaliy, but his men were quite fond of their colorful commander and called him "Old Jube" or "Old Jubilee."
Early volunteered his services at the outbreak of hostilities and served with distinction as a brigade commander at the 1st Battle of Bull run.
Lee appreciated Early's aggressiveness and competence as general, gave him temporary command of a corps on several occasions, and sent him to command the Shenandoah Valley forces in the winter of 1863-64.
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Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) ranked among the most important generals who fought with Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Jubal the bullfrog is so happy on this bright and sunny day, that his feet barely touch the ground as he skips along with his picnic basket.
In the summer of 1864, Confederate troops, under the leadership of General Jubal A. Early stole an amazing march on Union forces and invaded the Shenandoah Valley.
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 Blake Library Pamphlets - E
Early, Jubal Anderson "A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America, containing an account of the operations of his command in the years 1864 and 1865." Lynchburg, Va., Charles W. Button, 1867, 8vo, xii, (13)-135, 2
Early, Jubal Anderson "Proceedings of the third annual meeting of the Survivors Association of the State of South Carolina: and the annual address." Charleston, SC, Walker, Evans and Cogswess, 1872, 8vo, 38pp.
Early, Jubal Anderson "The Proceedings of the Southern Historical Convention, which assembled at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Va., on the 14
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 Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894)
Early was an innate fault-finder and offered biting criticism of his subordinates at the least opportunity; in the reverse case, he was generally blind to his own mistakes and reacted fiercely to criticism or suggestions from below.
Approaching from the northeast, his division was on the leftmost flank of the Confederate line.
Through early August, Early's cavalry and guerrilla forces attacked the B&O Railroad in various places.
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 Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C
There were forty brigades of infantry in all in the army, one of which, Thomas' of A. Hill's division, did not cross the Potomac from Harper's Ferry, and the nine brigades of Ewell's and D. Hill's divisions, numbering in the aggregate less than 6,400 officers and men, were fully average ones.
General Anderson was wounded, and there is no report from his division or any of his brigades, but General D. Hill says that Anderson came to his support, which was before Anderson's division became engaged, with some three or four hundred men, and that force consisted of five brigades, Armistead's having gone to the left.
It will be seen from the account previously given that on the 15th and in the early part of the day of the 16th, McClellan's large army was confronted by a very small force under Longstreet and D.
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 Jubal Early
Jubal Anderson Early was born in Virginia on November 3, 1816 and died March 2, 1894.
With a fascinating cast of characters such as Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, "Fighting Joe" Hooker, Jubal Early and George Meade, Chancellorsville is often considered to be Robert E. Lee's greatest victory.
Includes rarely seen photographs of Confederate heroes such as Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, Jubal Early, Nathan Bedford Forrest, A.P. Hill and Jeb Stuart along with details of their military careers and personal lives; battle maps that illustrated where the Confederate and Union antagonists were located during various fights; and information on Southern battle flags.
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Born in Franklin City, Virginia on November 3, 1816, Jubal Early rose to be one of the great figures of the Civil War, in spite of his image.
At the Battle of Williamsburg, Early was shot in the shoulder, but remained on the field of battle until later when he was taken to a hospital in Williamsburg.
In retreating, Early took part in another event that brought him fame, which was the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, an action in retaliation for the Union's destruction of the Shenandoah Valley.
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 Monocacy National Battlefield
Jubal Early led a brigade under Stonewall Jackson in the West Woods near the Dunker Church.
Comparisons between Early and Stonewall Jackson were inevitable since he led units once commanded by Jackson through some of the same territory.
Another accomplishment that apparently pleased Early is revealed by staff Officer Major Henry Kyd Douglas, who had also been on Stonewall Jackson's staff.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Early
Early, Daisy M. — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Republican.
Early, J. — of Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla.
Early, Samuel St. Clair (1824-1882) — of Indiana.
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