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Lt. Gen. Jubal Early

 

 

 

 

Born: November 3, 1816

Franklin County, Virginia

 

 

Died: March 2, 1894

Lynchburg, Virginia

 

West Point: June 1837

Resigned: 1838

Colonel, C.S.A.: April 1861

Brig. General: July 21, 1861

Maj. General: January 17, 1863

Lieut. General: May 31, 1864

June 1837: West Point Graduate - 18th in class of 50

Seminole War in 3rd U.S. Artillery

1838: Resigned from the U.S. Army for the first time

1840's: Practiced law and was a prosecutor for both Franklin and Floyd Counties, Virginia

1841-1843: Virginia House of Delegates

1846-1848: Mexican American War

April 1861: Tendered his services to Virginia Governor and is appointed a Colonel in the Volunteer service

May 16, 1861: Reports to Lynchburg, Virginia to organize the volunteers

July 18, 1861: Battle at Blackburn's Ford

July 21, 1861: 1st Battle of Manassas

July 21, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General

October 22, 1861 - May 5, 1862: Command brigade, Van Dorn's - DH Hill's Division

May 4-5, 1862: Battle of Williamsburg - During the battle, is wounded by a minie ball in the shoulder

June 28, 1862: Reported back to duty at General Lee's headquarters near Chickahominy

July 1 - September, 1862: Commanding Eizey's Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

July 1, 1862: Battle of Malvern Hill

August 9, 1862: Battle of Cedar Run

August 28, 1862: Battle of Groveton

August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Manassas

September 1, 1862: Battle of Chantilly

September 17, 1862 - November 1863: Commanding Division

September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam

December 4-5, 1863: Commanding Division

December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg

January 17, 1863: Promoted to Major General

May 1-4, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville

June 13-15, 1863: 2nd Battle of Winchester

June 28, 1863: Capture and occupation of York, Pennsylvania

June 30, 1863: Recalled by General Lee back to Gettysburg

July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg

July 1, 1863: Defeated Brig. Gen. Barlow's  Division inflicting casualties three times more then his troops driving them back through the streets of Gettysburg

July 2, 1863: Assaulted East Cemetery Hill and despite initial success were repulsed by arriving Union reinforcements

July 3, 1863: Unsuccessful assault on Culp's Hill

July 4-5, 1863: Protected General Lee's rear as he retreated from Gettysburg

November - December 1863: Commanding the Corps

May 5-7, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness

May 7-20, 1864: Spotsylvania Campaign

May 12, 1864: Battle of Cold Harbor

May 31, 1864: Promoted to Lieutenant General

July 9, 1864: Battle of Monocacy

July 23-24, 1864: 2nd Battle of Kernstown

July 30, 1864: Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

September 22, 1864: Battle of Fisher's Hill

October 19, 1864: Battle of Cedar Creek

April 1865: After the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, Early fled to Mexico. Later, he traveled to Cuba and then Toronto, Canada

1868: Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson

1869: Returned to Virginia to practice law

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. pgs 254-255

Early, Jubal Anderson. Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C. S. A. Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War

          Between the States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1912. Documenting the American South. August 2, 2011. web.

Osborne, Charles C. Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, CSA, Defender of the Lost Cause. Chapel Hill, N.C.:

          Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1992.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 79-80

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