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9781570034503

Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America Containing an Account of the Operations of His Commands in the Years 1864 and 1865

Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America Containing an Account of the Operations of His Commands in the Years 1864 and 1865
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  • ISBN-13: 9781570034503
  • ISBN: 1570034508
  • Publisher: University of South Carolina Press

AUTHOR

Gallagher, Gary W., Early, Jubal Anderson

SUMMARY

Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) ranked among the most important generals who fought with Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. A brigade and corps commander, he played principal roles at the battles of First Manassas, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and most of the other engagements in the Eastern Theater during the first three years of the Civil War. In 1864 Early commanded an army in the Shenandoah Valley, winning several victories and menacing Washington before suffering ignominious defeat in a series of battles against Phillip H. Sheridan's Union forces.Originally released in 1866, Early's is the first personal account published by a major Civil War figure on either side. A creator of the Lost Cause myth that exalted Lee and his Virginia army above those of other states, Early anticipated arguments that later Lost Cause writers would make regarding Lee's and Grant's generalships, the reasons for the Confederate defeat, and the conduct of Union forces in Southern states. Early's memoir,helped shape the ways in which white southerners wrote about and understood the Confederacy. In a new introduction to this edition, Gary W. Gallagher explicates Early's military career and examines the general's postwar career as a Confederate apologist.Gallagher, Gary W. is the author of 'Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America Containing an Account of the Operations of His Commands in the Years 1864 and 1865' with ISBN 9781570034503 and ISBN 1570034508.

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