Early, Jubal Anderson

(1815-1894), Confederate general, was attorney for Virginia from 1842 to 1844 and from 1848 to 1852, and served as major in the Mexican War from 1847 to 1848. In 1861 he became a colonel in the Confederate army and fought at Bull Run and Williams burg. Promoted to brigadier-general in 1863, he was a commander at Fred ericks burg and Gettysburg. Succe ful at first in his Shenandoah campaign, he was defeated by Sheridan on the Opequan, at Fisher’s Hill and at Cedar Creek, and by General Custer at Waynesboro, For these defeats he was retired. He was president of the Southern Historical Society.