A memoir of the last year of the war for independence, in the Confederate States of America, containing an account of the operation of his commands in ... 1865, by LieutenantGeneral Jubal A. Early.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781425508104
Subjects: American history; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Warfare & Defence; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History / United States / General; History : Military - United States
First sentence: On the 3d of May, 1864, the positions of the Confederate Army under General Lee, and the Federal Army under Lieutenant General Grant, in Virginia, were as follows: General Lee held the southern bank of the Rapidan river, in Orange county, with his right resting near the mouth of Mine Run, and his left extending to Liberty Mills on the road from Gordonsville (via Madison Court House) to the Shenandoah Valley; while the crossings of the river on the right, and the roads on the left were watched by cavalry: Ewell's corps was on the right, Hill's on the left, and two divisions of Longstreet's corps were encamped in the rear, near Gordonsville.