Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-09
Death Of General EARLY
TIE FAMOUS COMMANDER EXPIRES


eighth year of his age.
Ga Thursday, February u,
General Early slipped and fell on
tn, steps leading to the postoffice
in this city. He was supposed at
first to be only painfully hurt, but
the shock to his system proved too
serious for his recuperatiye powers.
He refused food and grew gradual
ly weaker.
When bis illness assumed a ser.
lous phase the General was visited
BY many of his old comrades in
arms. On Monday last Gen. Dab
ney H Maury, Gen. Fi;zbugh Lee,
Gen. Bradley T. johnson and
United States Senator John W.
Daniel arrived in this city and
and went to the bedside of
the sick soldier. Senator Dan.
lei and General Maury remained
with General Early until the end.
Jubal Anderson Early was born
IN Franklin county, Va, Novem-
Der 3, 1916, and was consequently
10 the seventy.eight year Of his
age. He was appointed cadet to
West Point aud graduatedin 1887.
lie was then assigned as a lieu.
tenant of artillery at Fort Monroe.
He served in the Florida war
in 1887 1888. In this war bis gen.
JUS as a soldier was shown. He
was conspicuous for his courage
and determination and more than
one veteran army officer predicted
for the gallant young lieutenant a
brilliant future. But f-aring a life
Of inactivity in the army after the
close Of this war, be resigned bis
commission ia 1898 and returned
home, where be studied law and
entered upon its practice, in which
he became very successful,
his practice extending oyer a
numer of counties. He took an
active interest in all public Ques
tons and was soon called upon to
serve his State IN the Legislature,
of which body he was member in
I1S41.42. He was elected Common
wealth's attorney of Franklin
county in 1921, and again IN
1882.
During the Mexican war he was
major Of a regiment Of Virginia
volunteers, serving from January,
1871, till August, 1913. He was
acting Governor of Monterey In
May and June, 1871, and after the
disbaudlng of the army returned
to the practice Of law.
At the breaking outOf the civil
war be promptly rendered his ser
vices TO the Governor Of Virginia,
and as colonel, commanded q
brigade az the battle of Ball Run.
IN the battle q Williamsburg,
May ), 1862, he received a wound
that was supposed to be mortal.
He was promoted to brigadier gen
era, and in May, 1868. command
ed the division that held the lines
at fredericksburg while Lee was
lighting the battle of Chancellors.
vile. He also commanded a divl.
sion at Gettysburg, and was tual'
lly promoted to the rank Of lieu.
tenant.gener
IN 1864 he was ordered to the
Valley of tie Shenandoah where
his operations were at frat, sue
cessful. 10 July he crossed the
Potomac, gained the battle of
Monocacy and threatened Wash
Iington, but was obliged to retreat.
Toward the end of the month 3
portion Of his cavalry advanced in.
to Pennsylvania as far as Cham
ersburg, which, by bis orders,
they burned. He was afterward,
10Th of 5 ptem5er, defeated by
Sheridan on the Opequan and
again at Fishers Hill three days
later.
On October 10 General Early
surprised the federal forces at
Cedar Greek in the absence of Gen.
Sheridan, but the latter, having
arrived in the after oon, rallied
his army and managed to be sue
cessful. General Early lost some
of his artillery and trains. In
March, 1865, he was defeated by
General Custer at Wsynesboro,'
and a few days later was relieved
By Lee from The command in the
valley.
General Lee said in his letter Of
March 80, 1866: "Your reverses
in the VALLEY, of which the public
aud the army Judge chiefly by the
res Its, have, 1 fear, Impaired your
Influence both with the people and
the soldiers, and would greatly add
Ito the difficulties which will, under
any circumstances, attend our
military operations in Southwest