The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-03


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s'a'et III rhe nay 'ne uyihg veteran asked
senator Daniei not 10 leave me room, as
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hahu resting quletiy III senator Daniels.
II Is thought that General Early has
lei' gooa estate though he was man
OF astonishing generosity, especially
1"arus ms numerous reia'lVes and needy
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ihreo weeAs ago "enera' Ehriy mad
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Anere ~ no uoupt that this
A"s''"e" tue Ne'er"u ueath'
General Eariy's Career
The part luck plays In making or mar
ring mems fortunes is illustrated in Gen.
eral Early's career More than once dur
Ing the civil war he came very near turn
Ing the scale at important crises in favor
OF his people, yet he emerged from the
conflict under q cloud which rempincd 10
smbitter the last thirty years of his life.
EARLY was Nirginian. lie was born in
Franklin county in 1916, graduated at
West Point, served with the regulars In
Florida, and with the Virginia volunteers
In Mexico, and at the first Bu Run led a
brigade. In his second battl Williams
burg, Va, May 5, 1862, he was severely
Ayounded, and did not resume his com.
nd - l,.@s l.. - ~
l9, 1872. lie fought at second Bull
and Antietam, and ad the good for.
tufe to command the line on Marye's KIN
which checked the Union advance at Fred
sricksburg in May, 1863.
At Gettysburg he commanded a division
In Ewell's corps ana led the snme troupsi In
the Wilderness campaign of 1854 up to the
battle of Cold HRrbor After that battle
he was sent TO Lynchburg to opposa Gen
Nal David Hunters attacks upon that i'm.
portant position After rcpulIpR Hunter
be planned AN invasion Of the border states
General Lee gave him full discretion in the
matter, and with fe, Coo men according 10
Confederate hStoriansJ he cropsed the Pc.
tomnc at Shepherdstown tho first week in
July. Grants army lay at that time in
front Of Petersburg, fully engaged in IN.
effort to inclose the place with besteRipa
lines.
So rapid were Early's movements that
the Washington authorities had no fore.
warning OF the raid MARYLAND wa, In n
state Of terror. The president chilled out
the militia OF tho eastern states and nftcr
considerable urging Grant sent the Sixth
corps from Petersburg to Washington. On
July EARLY defeGfed force cotnposed OF
the garrison of Baltimore sud n diyision of
the Sixth corps, all under General Lew
Wallace, Mt Monocaey Junction. Md and
immediately marched to the pates ~
Washington. Meanwhile his caVaIrv Al.
taohmentg Threatened Baltimore and do.
stroyed the railways north OF that citv b,,r
ths delay caused by those operations wns
fatal to Early's plans. 1t was the 18Th he
fore he was ready to attack the Washing.
ton defenses aud then a reconnoIsssnra
showed him that they were ysrrf1nnnd In,
veterans Of tho Array of the Potomac lie
abandoned tho movement and returned In
Shenandoah valley.
Rberidan soon co,f-o,,.d pa,u 49,
vaiIau ,sith ,,.oa,,s trna, ~ i-a'l. m the
soy VIZ lioups rom the army AT fettrs
os Suis ana ueie@aea MIN IA Two battles, at
OPequoE anu Fishers Hill, Eopt 10 and
70. But on Oct 10 Early surprised Sher.
dan y camps at Cedar Creek aud cau. yprv
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