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Jubal Anderson Early

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Born:
November 3, 1816
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Birthplace: Franklin County, Virginia

Father: Colonel Joab Early 1791 – 1870
(Buried: Machpelah Cemetery Lexington Missouri)​

Mother: Ruth Hairston 1794 – 1832
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg Virginia)​

Wife: Julia McNealy 1834 – 1904

Children:

Joseph Emerson Early 1850 – 1917​
(Buried: Somerset City Cemetery Somerset Kentucky)​
Florence Annie Early Banks 1858 – 1914​
Robert Moore Early 1860 – 1944​
(Buried: Early Family Cemetery Ivanhoe Virginia)​
Jubal Lee Early 1864 – 1936​
(Buried: Sunset Memorial Park Beckley West Virginia)​

Signature:
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Education:

1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (18th in class)​

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Occupation:

1837 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army 3rd Artillery​
1838: 1st Lt. United States Army 3rd Artillery​
1838: Resigned from United States Army on July 31st​
1840 – 1846: Attorney in Rocky Mount Virginia​
1841 – 1842: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​
1842 – 1847: Commonwealth Attorney for State of Virginia​
1847 – 1848: Major of 1st Virginia Volunteers Regiments in Mexican War​
1847: Acting Governor of Monterrey Mexico​
1847: Acting Inspector General for Brig. General Cushing’s Brigade
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1848: Regiment was disbanded on August 3rd​
1848 – 1861: Attorney in Rocky Mount Virginia​
1848 – 1852: Commonwealth Attorney for State of Virginia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Opposed Secession at Virginia State Secession Convention​

1861: Brigadier General of Virginia State Militia​
1861: Colonel of 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia​
1862 – 1864: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1864 – 1865: Lt. General of Confederate Army Infantry​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1868: Lived abroad to escape Union Republican Rule
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1868: Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson​
1869 – 1894: Attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia​
Manager of Louisiana State Lottery​
1869 – 1894: Promoter of the Lost Cause Movement​

Died: March 2, 1894

Place of Death: Lynchburg, Virginia

Cause of Death: Fell down steps

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
 
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Jubal Anderson Early

:CSA1stNat:

Born:
November 3, 1816 View attachment 330877

Birthplace: Franklin County, Virginia

Father: Colonel Joab Early 1791 – 1870
(Buried: Machpelah Cemetery Lexington Missouri)​

Mother: Ruth Hairston 1794 – 1832
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg Virginia)​

Wife: Julia McNealy 1834 – 1904

Children:

Joseph Emerson Early 1850 – 1917​
(Buried: Somerset City Cemetery Somerset Kentucky)​
Florence Annie Early Banks 1858 – 1914​
Robert Moore Early 1860 – 1944​
(Buried: Early Family Cemetery Ivanhoe Virginia)​
Jubal Lee Early 1864 – 1936​
(Buried: Sunset Memorial Park Beckley West Virginia)​

Signature: View attachment 332358

Education:

1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (18th in class)​

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Occupation:

1837 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army 3rd Artillery​
1838: 1st Lt. United States Army 3rd Artillery​
1838: Resigned from United States Army on July 31st​
1840 – 1846: Attorney in Rocky Mount Virginia​
1841 – 1842: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​
1842 – 1847: Commonwealth Attorney for State of Virginia​
1847 – 1848: Major of 1st Virginia Volunteers Regiments in Mexican War​
1847: Acting Governor of Monterrey Mexico​
1847: Acting Inspector General for Brig. General Cushing’s Brigade View attachment 330879
1848: Regiment was disbanded on August 3rd​
1848 – 1861: Attorney in Rocky Mount Virginia​
1848 – 1852: Commonwealth Attorney for State of Virginia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Opposed Secession at Virginia State Secession Convention​

1861: Brigadier General of Virginia State Militia​
1861: Colonel of 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia​
1862 – 1864: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1864 – 1865: Lt. General of Confederate Army Infantry​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1868: Lived abroad to escape Union Republican RuleView attachment 332357
1868: Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson​
1869 – 1894: Attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia​
Manager of Louisiana State Lottery​
1869 – 1894: Promoter of the Lost Cause Movement​

Died: March 2, 1894

Place of Death: Lynchburg, Virginia

Cause of Death: Fell down steps

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
Happy Birthday cousin.
 
Wasn’t he rather a knave with the ladies? I was surprised he ever married. I had been under the impression he had children but never married.
I thought he had a brood of illegitimate children and a lottery scandal.
Think he had a son also Jubal Early. Supposedly while the troops were resting after chasing David Hunter out of the valley, he visited with an old girl friend.
I'm acquaintances with a gentleman who says Jubal is his G-G-Grandfather by a woman with whom he apparently had an open antebellum relationship but never married. According to him there were several children, all of whom were recognized and bore the Early name. When the war and its aftermath came, they were packed off to various relatives just in case there was any Federal retaliation for events in Early's career like the burning of Thaddeus Stevens' ironworks on the way to Gettysburg and the order to burn Chambersburg in 1864. Early himself escaped to Cuba and then went on to Canada but fairly soon returned once he felt safe from prosecution. The old biography of him I reviewed here several months back described his flight but nothing at all about his offspring and very little about his publishing activities postwar.
 
I'm acquaintances with a gentleman who says Jubal is his G-G-Grandfather by a woman with whom he apparently had an open antebellum relationship but never married. According to him there were several children, all of whom were recognized and bore the Early name. When the war and its aftermath came, they were packed off to various relatives just in case there was any Federal retaliation for events in Early's career like the burning of Thaddeus Stevens' ironworks on the way to Gettysburg and the order to burn Chambersburg in 1864. Early himself escaped to Cuba and then went on to Canada but fairly soon returned once he felt safe from prosecution. The old biography of him I reviewed here several months back described his flight but nothing at all about his offspring and very little about his publishing activities postwar.
I saw some where that after chasing Hunter after the Battle of Lynchburg Jubal rested the troops for a day and he spent time with a girl friend. But I don't know if it's true?
 
I told this story in the Joseph Wheeler biography but it bears repeating. On the 100th anniversary of West Point James Longstreet saw Joe Wheeler in a blue uniform of a U.S. General. Longstreet told Wheeler "Joe, I hope that Almighty God takes me before He does you,for I want to be within the gates of Hell to hear Jubal Early cuss you in the blue uniform".
 
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