Biographies of the Civil War and Reconstruction by Britannica Educational Publishing

Author:Britannica Educational Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Published: 2013-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Northern pride was wounded by Early’s threat, and General Ulysses S. Grant dispatched General Philip Sheridan to clear the valley once and for all. Bowing to numerically superior forces, Early suffered three decisive defeats at Sheridan’s hands between September 19 and October 19—at Winchester, Fishers Hill, and Toms Brook—after which the valley was laid waste. Early then carried out a well-planned attack at Cedar Creek but was forced to retreat up the valley to Waynesboro, where he experienced the final defeat, on March 2, 1865, that ended Confederate resistance in that area and opened the way to Union capture of Richmond.

After the Confederate surrender in April 1865, Early went to Mexico and then Canada, where he published A Memoir of the Last Years of the War of Independence in the Confederate States of America (1866). In 1869 he returned to Virginia, where he practiced law and wrote historical essays. He died on March 2, 1894, in Lynchburg, Va.

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