The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-30
GENERAL EARLY IN ].
VALLEY CAMPAIGN
Graphic Story BY g Member lem OF
AIIisiStaffsvvli Knew
Hin Well.

nge, WIS Scared in battlo, and knows
/ whereof he speaks. lie Inns never licsi-
tntedtto tell the truth ithRsalieilt ayoS "
| whetherit was POPULAR or inpopula anu
| Ills word goes With those who knew MN
1 Not myself with Early in the valley I;
| cnn md do testify TO the like effect viii
respect to him for the period Of overfn
| wear that / was by his sldc.. Els Int RED
/ or shnlns, and tho si11hrtinE words WI Y
(which he FcxprcssodJt them made nm scI .c
4 nies, and beyond this II may lc coilcetl t q,
4 Inst his sarcastic tongue was not AZ q
ways Automatically en1pl0yed. "a ~ s $ !.
lbnntl enduring virtues was genius lt olt
shim and his love OF i'l y l.inu9
i Shii,, known, Il figure lifts lself be-
yond the fate OF chrping antics, ana
7nlnces it.amonEi the worthless that manly.
4 Svrrininns md Americana have always!
lDdelIghted tO8 honor.
JOHN W. DANIEL. 58$
1880 49, S$&
| ,rhcro@is a disposition Eoh tho pnrt&of5
many people, which does not secm,atoo5
IIabatc In some quarters VII Ii the lapse
sof time totdspara sc General EARLY. The
/ hnathen have an XtDns that the dead,
|.srould notabes spoken of, exc pit \ 9 re. G.
IHoalls the virtues that they possessed and
ltprac tised /, in life. Many people or q:
| Chi.istiantilnnd} would do we'll to learn
| this lesson. from The desplsedt heather. s
General Early's.drcss.6 his carriage on.
foot and on horseback and his manners
have been made tho subject OF ridicille. 4
1T is, true that he was mot. ms some;
Officers. gorgcollslys nrraycd, and covered
with tons His tastes did mot;
run In that limo and when campaigning
he shared all the hardshlps and 8priva-g
lions OF the soldiers under Ills command,
and the personal baggage that he car
ried with him was d no y more than that
OF the1Shumblast4p private ms the INKS
He was not8theS only officer In $thes Con-
&federate army who spent but time
nj their toilets, General stonown va s.
{ jackson, General Ifolmes. II Gene raj WI Il
Liam r.. Jones and cieneral AlleEhany.
johnson. and 3lnanNspth hers. were sea rec St
recogniza BILE ms officers 81 Of high rank
4fromgthe clothes they wore. a fact which
COCA stoned many amusing incidents Early
Lived like a spartan ike the spartan ne
f FOUGHT. GeBnerRl Early rs Wall .iand atIi-s II
tlle q n .horsnbnck. instead 8of being au ~
incts fsBridfclln.s { were cons plnnou l5eV, AZ
/ dencese Of his courage. p tri o. SIN ana de-
votiont 10. duty.4Il lie was disn bled BY 20 "a
Il snvere ~ ound ut the battle illinrns-g
{3,Jrs. IN both shoulders This preEertcd8
lnl4 from standing or alking sereft. q oiif
sitting crectSin& thc3snddle.s Besides athiss
hc&was n sufferer from rlleuliGi- Al
,ism contr;. ctsd ;iaSlIis Z nannaiRn IN
Mexico. I'm Of sonc man u, AZ hrndret g
sucferof n q shc4dId from those usrss
would have remained lin the iieid 5Sp'itSS
although opposed tot secession ana I, of 1'j
Of theF few members OF the convention
VIM voted "a gainst 1T yet9whena the Stat
nn : nva lid, he took the Sfcld for the
war If he should live a bit long, aaanda
served To sthc end with distinction ms
colonel. brigadier general, major general.
ana lieutenant general. sak i n March. Flsi2,-
h.isyas ordered to southwest 3!yV ~ u
TO take q command 20 "a such rs 81 sh =
could itbna Eassembled there, 70 & mfetss'n
army of invasion from, cas- tennessee =
Soon after his arrival there, ne was
stricken, down with violent hemorragcs!
~ the lungs. (which came near doing
what shots and shells had failed TO DO
end his earthly career. During the four.
Ionr years OF thelyWar he never once
failed to be where duty called MIN. II
His manner have been the q subject
OF. comment i e4was polite and courtc-5
aus to All thunder his command, WHO isuiu !
I their duty; hut woe unto lshirkers S'tnu
stragsqlrs y Whom hcecausht them IN stn az
nct he told them AWha t he thought toi{i
hnm and his tongue was sharper thanl
n two-cdged sword. IT Is not lrllpr obabie
thar some 4 Of his critics are lHen VINO
belonged to the classes have mehllonea,
and Rave not vet forgotten his trePrnpls. A x
,rhc statement has; been made that ne
had at his Headquarters an q nlnullallce,
In. which d barrel of brandy and q negro
cook were the only bnggage III ms Is y ltlot
true During the time 4 y served OF 8 ! y
staff there never was an ampulanceMiat
headquarters, anu Dnfrcl OF t ~
was never seen there. He had ntnegro
nan. who came with him when The en-
tered the service. and remained VIII MIN
ia the end, and who served In gthct double
cnpacity of cook and body serHant.
early was as brave as true, as honor.
sable and as patriotic u man as any one
| in the Confederacy. Hc was "a Capable
and efficient commanding officer, as 4ls
| shown by sfrapid promotion through al
1.-THE grades from colonel to- gen
ger. l. and by the fact that snotwithstand-
Ling his rcvcrses, he Retained TO the last
1.-the respect and confidence OF PRESIDENT
Jefferson Davis and General ltopert ~
Lee. They realized tina u the 3deleats IN
Ithe yVallcy5lin 1861, were y from no 41nult
~ h,s hut werG inevitable. AT Winches-
ter,Son the319thso Of September Win eleven
Thousand five hundredGmenE or all arms
he reid a t hay an army OF forty-five thou
sand, and only lost the day when tho
one,ny,s cavalry, eleven thousand strong
got upon his left flank and in his rear, i
Al Cedar Creek, or Belle Grove, on the
10th Of October, he and not General Cor
don was In command, and in the morning
lshe gained "a complete victory over an
enemy vastly superior to his army IN
| numbers and equipments. aefWas on the
| field from O'Clock in the morning of
| that day, leading the attacking columns
| ana directing every movement, ne state
lncnt that he made In q general order
road 10 the army, and PROBABLY in his
official report OF operations. has been
much criticised, but 1t was absolutely
true. He was prevented from pressing the
victory gained In the morning BY the
fact that II large portion OF the army lett
the ranks, and engaged In plunderlpg the
onemy's camp. from. which they had been
fdriYen.
atilrm this upon my own personal
| Lnnwlnlgo.. ucauired On executing General