Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

Confederate general.

James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of James Barron and son of Wilton and Jane A. (Barron) Hope. James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Anne Beverley Whiting. The couple had two daughters, Jane A. Barron (Janey Barron Marr) and Nanny Hope. Hope is known primarily for his poetry, serving as the official poet of the 250th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement. He published several volumes of writings and also edited newspapers. Hope died in 1887.

U.S. and Confederate Army officer, lawyer, and state legislator of Virginia.

Jubal A. Early (1816-1894) was a Confederate general in the Civil War. He was born in Franklin County, Virginia, and a Lynchburg, Virginia, resident most of his life. In 1866, he published  A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America .

Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) was a Confederate general during the Civil War and lawyer from Virginia. He fought at Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, and numerous other battles, serving under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. After the end of the war, Early fled to Canada, returning to Lynchburg, Va., in 1869, a year after being pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. Early resumed his law career and led the Lost Cause Movement in the South.

Lawyer, Confederate general.

General of the Southern Confederacy.

Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early was born in Franklin County, Virginia, on November 3, 1816. He served as a Confederate brigade and divisional commander during the Civil War. He fled to Mexico after the war, but returned in 1869 to practice law and work with General P.G.T. Beauregard in the Louisiana Lottery. He died on March 2, 1894, in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Confederate brigadier general and postwar Southern partisan.

U.S. Army officer, lawyer, Confederate general, and president of the Southern Historical Society, from Virginia.

Jubal Anderson Early was born in Franklin County, Va. 3 November 1876. He graduated at United States Military Academy in 1837. He resigned from the army, studied law and practiced. He served in the Virginia General Assembly and in the Mexican War. He opposed secession. He was a colonel of the 24th Virginia Infantry. Rose to lieutenant-general and was defeated at Wincester, Fishers Hill, and Cedar Creek. He was employed by the Louisiana lottery and practiced law in Lynchburg. Wrote A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America (1866). He remained unreconstructed and died on 2 March 1894.

Jubal Anderson Early, born November 3, 1816, Franklin County, Virginia, graduated from West Point in 1837. Fought against Seminoles in Florida and in the Mexican War. Beginning in 1861 fought in all major battles of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia eventually commanding the 2nd Corps. In 1864 sent to the Shenandoah Valley where he fought until 1865 (crossing the Potomac River and moving on Washington, D.C. in July 1864) when he was removed from command by Lee. After the war left the United States and did not return until 1869 when he resumed his law practice.

Alexander Swift ("Sandie") Pendleton, born near Alexandria, Virginia, September 28, 1840. Son of Episcopalian minister and later Confederate general William Nelson Pendleton. Enrolled at the University of Virginia when the Civil War started, and soon thereafter joined Stonewall Jackson's staff. Continued to serve after Jackson's death under Richard Ewell and later with Jubal Early. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Fisher's Hill, he died September 23, 1864.

Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) was a Confederate general during the Civil War and lawyer from Virginia.

He fought at Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, and numerous other battles, serving under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. After the end of the war, Early fled to Canada, returning to Lynchburg, Va., in 1869, a year after being pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. Early resumed his law career and led the Lost Cause Movement in the South.

Jubal Anderson Early, born November 3, 1816, Franklin County, Virginia, graduated from West Point in 1837. Fought against Seminoles in Florida and in the Mexican War. Beginning in 1861 fought in all major battles of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia eventually commanding the 2nd Corps. In 1864 sent to the Shenandoah Valley where he fought until 1865 (crossing the Potomac River and moving on Washington, D.C. in July 1864) when he was removed from command by Lee. After the war left the United States and did not return until 1869 when he resumed his law practice.

Alexander Swift ("Sandie") Pendleton, born near Alexandria, Virginia, September 28, 1840. Son of Episcopalian minister and later Confederate general William Nelson Pendleton. Enrolled at the University of Virginia when the Civil War started, and soon thereafter joined Stonewall Jackson's staff. Continued to serve after Jackson's death under Richard Ewell and later with Jubal Early. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Fisher's Hill, he died September 23, 1864.

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