Jubal Early, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jubal Early

lawyer, politician, and general of the Confederate States Army

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1816

Place of Birth: Franklin County, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1894

Profession: lawyer, military personnel, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his U.S.
Army commission after the Second Seminole War and his Virginia military commission after the Mexican–American War, in both cases to practice law and participate in politics.
Accepting a Virginia and later Confederate military commission as the American Civil War began, Early fought in the Eastern Theater throughout the conflict.
He commanded a division under Generals Stonewall Jackson and Richard Ewell, and later commanded a corps.
A key Confederate defender of the Shenandoah Valley, during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, Early made daring raids to the outskirts of Washington, D.C., as well as far as York, Pennsylvania, but was crushed by Union forces under General Philip Sheridan, losing over half his forces and leading to the destruction much of the South’s food supply.
After the war, Early fled to Mexico, then Cuba and Canada, and upon returning to the United States took pride as an "unrepentant rebel".
Particularly after the death of Gen.
Robert E.
Lee in 1870, Early delivered speeches establishing the Lost Cause position, as well as helped found the Southern Historical Society and memorial associations.