Jackson's Campaign against Pope in August, 1862 [1883]

by Jubal Anderson Early

Overview

Confederate Lieut.-General Jubal Early provides a detailed personal narrative of the Civil War battles (in which he participated) involving Union General John Pope and Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson during August 1862 in which Pope was defeated at every turn. Early weaves an almost hour by hour narration of the key movements and personalities involved in the Seven Days' Battles, Cedar Run, Second Manassas (Bull Run), etc. His assessment was that, "In this campaign against Pope, General Jackson displayed greater ability and resources than on any other occasion, because the circumstances by which he was surrounded required such display; and he fully justified the confidence reposed in him by General Lee." — Early made this presentation to the First Annual Meeting of the Association of the Maryland Line–Marylanders who served in the Confederate military–in Baltimore, on February 22, 1883.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012444417
Publisher:	Strait Gate Publications, Charlotte, NC
Publication date:	05/17/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	190 KB

About the Author

JUBAL ANDERSON EARLY (1816-1894): American soldier and lawyer, was born in Franklin Co., Virginia. on the 3rd of Nov. 1816, and graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1837. He served in the Seminole War of 1837-38, after which he resigned in order to practice law in Franklin Co.,Va. He also engaged in state politics, and served in the Mexican War as a Major of Virginia volunteers. He was strongly opposed to secession, but thought it his duty to conform to the action of his state. As a colonel in the Confederate Army, he rendered conspicuous service at the first battle of Bull Run [Manassas]. Promoted Brig.-General, and subsequently Major-General, Early served throughout the Va. campaigns of 1862-63, and defended the lines of Fredericksburg during the battle of Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg he commanded his division in Ewell’s corps. In the campaign of 1864 Early, who had now reached the rank of Lieut.-General, commanded the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. The action of Lynchburg left him free to move northwards, his opponent being compelled to march away from the Valley. Early promptly utilized his advantage, crossed the Potomac, and defeated, on the Monocacy. all the troops which could be gathered to meet him. He appeared before the lines of Washington, put part of Maryland and Pa. under contribution, and only retired to the Valley when threatened by heavy forces hurriedly sent up to Washington. — He then fought a successful action at Winchester, reappeared on the Potomac, and sent his cavalry on a raid into Pa. A greatly superior army was now formed under General Sheridan to oppose Early. In spite of his skill and energy the Confederate leader was defeated in the battles of Winchester and Fisher’s Hill. Finally, on the 19th of Oct., after inflicting at first a severe blow upon the Federal army in its camps on Cedar Creek, he was decisively beaten by Sheridan. Waynesboro (March 1865) was his last fight.... Gen. Early was regarded by many as the ablest soldier, after Lee and Jackson, in the Army of Northern Virginia, and one of the ablest in the whole Confederate army.... After the peace he went to Canada, but in 1867 returned to resume the practice of law.... He died at Lynchburg Va., on the 2nd of March 1894. Gen. Early ... wrote, besides various essays and historical papers, “A Memoir of the Last Year of the War.” — Adapted from V. 8, p. 798 of the 1911 “Encyclopedia Britannica."