Old Jube: A Biography of General Jubal A. Early

Dr. Millard K. Bushong

apr. 2017 · Pickle Partners Publishing

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Originally published in 1955, this book tells the story of General Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894), a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served in the Eastern Theater of the war for the entire conflict, as a division commander under Stonewall Jackson and Richard Stoddert Ewell, and in later actions commanded a corps. He was the Confederate commander in key battles of the Valley Campaigns of 1864, including a daring raid to the outskirts of Washington, D.C. The articles written by him for the Southern Historical Society in the 1870s established the Lost Cause point of view as a long-lasting literary and cultural phenomenon.

This book covers General Early’s rise from second Lieutenant during the Seminole War to General.

Richly illustrated throughout by Timothy T. Pohmer.

“I first became interested in writing a biography of General Jubal Early while I was teaching history at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. The more I investigated this subject, the more I was convinced that for some unexplainable reason historians have neglected one of the great heroes of the Confederacy. In order to acquaint the reader better with one of the South’s almost-forgotten generals, I undertook this study.”—Millard Kessler Bushong, Preface

Despre autor

MILLARD KESSLER BUSHONG (February 1, 1912 - July 9, 1994) was an American author of history articles and books, including Historic Jefferson County and numerous Civil War titles. He was a faculty member at University of Richmond, Randolph-Macon College and Shepherd College.

A native of Jefferson County, West Virginia, he spent most of his life in the Shenandoah Valley. He attended the Charles Town public schools and then went to Roanoke College, from which he graduated with an A.B. degree. His graduate work was completed at West Virginia University, where he received an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. In addition, he undertook postgraduate work at Columbia University.

He was married to the former Dean McKoin of Monroe, LA.

He died in Waynesboro City, Virginia in 1994 aged 82.