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Title: Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, Csa, Defender of the Lost Cause by Charles C. Osborne ISBN: 0-8071-1913-X Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lee's Canterkerous General and father of the Lost Cause
Comment: For those well familiar with the Civil war, this is a great biography of Early in that it concentrates on Early the person and the General while assuming that you have the basic facts down on the Civil War. The author does not spend too much time on minute detail on troop movements that has been covered many times before but provides in-depth insight to "Old Jube" and his actions. A tough and controversial fighter, until reading this book I didn't know that the former Commonwealth Attorney and life long bachelor from Franklin County sired four children refusing to marry his companion because she was beneath his station. Great historical highlights such as Early's controversial role on Lee's left at Gettysburg, his great assignment defending Fredericksburg against great odds while Lee takes the rest of the army to Chancellorsville, his zealous and dictatorial grip on the Lost cause syndrome, and his public branding of the ill equipped Longstreet (not a lawyer and politically naive) as the cause of Lee's defeat at Gettysburg. Wonderful that it highlights the second battle of Fredericksburg and how the Federals found out the heights were lightly defended. In addition, the author makes an excellent case that when defending the valley after Jackson, Ewell did as well as Jackson until Grant sent Sheridan and a 40,000 man army to defeat him. The author notes that aside from poor use of his calvary and his negative tongue-lashing, Lee's "bad, old man" was a tough fighter and a major player in the Army of Northern Virginia.
Rating: 3
Summary: Early after the war
Comment: This book doesn't really seem to deal with Early the general as much as it does Early the leader of the Lee cult after the war. Skip ahead to the last few chapters.
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Title: A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America by Jubal Anderson Early, Gary W. Gallagher ISBN: 1570034508 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior (Vintage Civil War Library) by James I. Robertson ISBN: 0679738886 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: To The Gates of Richmond : The Peninsula Campaign by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0618127135 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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