The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1894-03-08

GENERAL EARLY is DEAD.
The End Came Quietly and Peacefully
ut 1880 I.mst Night.

The End Came Quietly and Peacefully
ut 1880 I.nst Night.
Lynchburs, W, March 2.-Gen
eral Jubal A. E.,ly died to night at
1870. He passed away in the pres.
ence OF his fan.i y AMI physician. his
Kindred n IL innate friends. The
old genera: sc II d aware of his ap.
preaching es':' e iy in the day. Be
fore noon tie called FOR the morning
papers, rs w..:s bis i,var:able custom,
and attempted to ,.ai. but found
that his sight Wa failing, Soon at
ter he extended his hand to Senator
Daniel and said calmly: II want to
tell you goodby, major" He then
told his nephew, Caboll Early, fare
well, after which ha dropped into .
quiet slumber.
Later in the day the dying veteran
asked Senator Daniel not to leave
the room, as he wanted to talk with
him about certain arrangements, but
from that time suffered such Intense
pain that he did not revive the sub
ject. He met death unfinchingly
with his band resting quietly in Sen
ator Daniels
Jubal Anderson Early was born in
Franklin county, Virginia, Novem
Der 3, 1917. He graduated from
West Point in 1885. but after
years service in Florida, left the
srmy, aud became = lawyer in his
native State, where he was in the
Legislature in 1841-42, and con |.
monwealth attorney from 1912 to
1852, except during 1847 and 1s4s,
when he was in the Mexican war as
major of Virginia regiment.
At the outbreak of the Civil war
he entered the Confederate service
as colonel Of Virginia troops. he
took part i'll the first battle OF Bull
Run, aud received severe wound
at the battle of Williamsburg, May
9th, 1862. In 1868 he received the
commissions of brigadier and maj ajor
general, and had command of diyi
sion at Gettysburg. In the spring
of 1864 he was sent to the Sheuan-
doah valley, and in the summer he
gained reputs as dashing cavalry
officer, and became for a time the
terror of the North. by invading
Maryland, threatening the capital
and sending some of bis troops
across the line into Pennsylvania,
where they burned Chambersbure
July 80, in default of a heavy tribute
demanded by General McCausland
| This career of conquest was soor
checked by General Sheridan, who
defeated Early near Winchester, Va.
September 10, 1864, and at Fisher
Hill September % Early took th'
Federal forces by surprise at Cedar
Creek October 10 in the absence o.
the leader, but Sheridan, hearing
the new in the nick of time, mad,
his famous ride to the field and b,
This presence turned the fortunes o
the day. General G. A. Custer, VIII
had taken part in these three battles
met Early in two engagements a
Waynesborough. Vail March, 1866
eod routed him, taking all his gun
> and supplies, and nearly all hi
: troops.
a These losses had such an effect OF
8 public opinion in the South tina
General Lee, whose opinion of Early
J, liability, zeal and devotion to tn
cause" was unchanged, was force,
to remove him from command. Afte
= a brief residence abroad, he return
{ ed to legal practice at Richmon
and Lynchburg, Va, and, in 1867
; put forth a .sMemoir of the Las
Year of the War OF late years b
!. has lived chiefly in New Orleans, AN
e has been engaged in the manage
ment of the Louisiana lottery.