Named Entity Results, J. A. Early

Winchester and Fisher's Hill — letter from General Early to General Lee. Headquarters V. D., October 9th, 1864, (New Market.) General R. E. Lee: General,--In advance of a detailed report, I have determined to give you an informal account of the recent disasters to my command, which I have not had leisure to do before. On the 17th of September I moved two divisions — Rodes's and Gordon's — from Stevenson's Depot, where they, together with Breckenridge's division, were encamped (Ramseur being at Winchester, to cover the road from Berryville) to Bunker Hill, and on the 18th I moved Gordon's division, with a part of Lomax's cavalry, to Martinsburg, to thwart efforts that were reported to be making to repair the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. This expedition was successful, and the bridge over Back Creek was burned by a brigade of cavalry sent there. On the evening of the 18th Rodes was moved back to Stevenson's Depot and Gordon to Bunker Hill, with orders to start at daylight t<

d. Ewell's division led the advance, and as Early's brigade was in front, and my own regiment (tatisfactorily, I would advise them to call General Early to the stand, and he would testify that ne nor Banks was the responsible party, bat that Early himself brought on the fight by direct orders from Jackson. I happened to be near General Early when Captain A. S. Pendleton, a gallant officeoving in column along the main road to support Early, and A. P. Hill was coming on to Winder's supphe mountain and his batteries superbly served; Early's brigade moving in line of battle on the enemparade; Winder deploying his troops to support Early, and A. P. Hill hurrying up in column — all conia brigade, Taliaferro's brigade, and half of Early's brigade were driven back in confusion, and af the Thirty-first Virginia stood by them; General Early held firmly the troops under his immediatee truce, but may say that the contrast between Early and Milroy — the mingling together of the blue[5 more...]<

Barre, Pa.: Editor Southern Historical Society Papers: Reverend and Dear Sir,--While the burning of the City of Columbia, S. C., by General W. T. Sherman of the U. S. Army is still fresh in the memory of your readers, is there not some one, with material at hand who can give through your pages, some account of the various actions of the same kind, committed by the Federal troops during our late War for Independence? Chambersburg Penn., was burned July 30th, 1864, by orders of General Early in retaliation for the destruction by General Hunter of the public buildings and private houses at Lexington, Va., and elsewhere during his infamous raid to Lynchburg. Columbia was burned from pure revenge. The heart-rending accounts of the destruction of Chambersburg are only exceeded by the terrible sufferings of the impoverished and homeless people of Columbia. Chambersburg was the only town destroyed by the Confederates, and that was done for a specific purpose. The record on the

The story of the attempted formation of a N. W. Confederacy. Letter from General Early. [It is well to give place in our records to the following clear and conclusive refutation of a canard which has been recently taking the rounds of the newspapers. General Early's letter was originally addressed to the Lynchburg Virginian.] To the Editor of the Virginian,--During my absence in th the time fixed for the assault on the camps where the prisoners were confined was gauged by General Early's attack on Washington, which was to engage the great force of our army, and make it impossigo, and more than 4,000 Confederate soldiers and sympathizers were there ready for action. But, Early's delay in striking Washington caused a postponement. Then follow some very remarkable statemago, and more than 4,000 Confederate soldiers and sympathizers were there ready for action. But Early's delay in striking Washington caused a postponement. The Democratic convention for 1864, whi

y severe affliction from delivering before them at their reunion on the 2d of November, his address on The battle of Fredericksburg. General W. H. F. Lee (the President of the Association) but voiced the general sentiment when he paid a graceful tribute to his gallant comrade (General Scales) and to his noble old State, whose brave sons had drenched with their blood every battle field in Virginia, and expressed the hope that he would be invited again next year to deliver the address. General Early also bore strong testimony to the ability and gallantry of General Scales, who was true during the war and has not deserted since the war. He also paid a fitting tribute to Captain John Hampden Chamberlayne, who had died since the last reunion, and on motion of Judge George L. Christian the Association passed an appropriate tribute to the memory of this gallant soldier and distinguished citizen. In response to calls General Fitz Lee, Colonel R. E. Withers, and General Wm. Smith mad

General J. A. Early's report of the Gettysburg campaign. [From the original Ms., with some explanatory notes written by General Early for the Southern Magazine in 1872.] Headquarters Early's division, August 22d, 1863. Major A. S. Pendleton, A. A. General 2d Corps A. N. Va.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this division during the recent campaign; commencing with its departure from Fredericksburg, and ending with its arrival in the vicinity of OrangEarly's division, August 22d, 1863. Major A. S. Pendleton, A. A. General 2d Corps A. N. Va.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this division during the recent campaign; commencing with its departure from Fredericksburg, and ending with its arrival in the vicinity of Orange Courthouse. March from Fredericksburg. On the 4th of June the division marched from Hamilton's Crossing, and having been joined by Jones's battalion of artillery, passed Spotsylvania C. H., Verdiersville, Somersville's Ford on the Rapidan, Culpeper C. H., Sperryville, Washington (the county seat of Rappahannock), and crossing the Blue Ridge at Chester Gap, arrived at Front Royal late on the night of the 12th. Hoke's and Smith's brigades crossed both forks of the Shenandoah that night a

redericksburg Artillery.) Crenshaw's Virginia Battery. Davidson's Virginia Battery, (Letcher Artillery.) Latham's North Carolina, (Branch Artillery.) McIntosh's South Carolina Battery, (Pee Dee Artillery.) Pegram's Virginia Battery, (Purcell Artillery.) Ewell's division. Major-General R. S. Ewell. Brigadier-General A. R. Lawton. Lawton's Brigade. Brig.-Gen. A. R. Lawton. Colonel M. Douglass. 13th Georgia. 26th Georgia. 31st Georgia. 38th Georgia. 60th Georgia. 61st Georgia. Early's Brigade. Brig.-Gen. J. A. Early. 13th Virginia. 25th Virginia. 31st Virginia. 44th Virginia. 49th Virginia. 52d Virginia. 58th Virginia. Hays's Brigade. Brig.-Gen. Harry T. Hays. Colonel Henry Forno. Colonel H. B. Strong. 5th Louisiana. 6th Louisiana. 7th Louisiana. 8th Louisiana. Trimble's Brigade. Brig.-Gen. I. R. Trimble. Captain W. F. Brown. 15th Alabama. 12th Georgia. 21st Georgia. 21st North Carolina. Artillery. Balthis's Va. Battery, (Staunton Artillery.) B

ncoln's uncleanness of language and thought would hardly have been tolerated in a Southern bar. Or, again, take the favorites of the North--the best known names in the camp and Cabinet — Sheridan and Hunter, whose ravages recall the devastation of the Palatinate, political rowdies like Banks and Butler, braggarts like Pope and Hooker, or even professional soldiers like Meade, Sigel, Sherman. These are the household words of the North, and any one Southern chief of the second rank — Ewell, Early, Fitzhugh Lee, Hardee, Polk, Hampton, Gilmer, Gordon — alone outweighs them all. Needless to remind you that among the twenty millions--mostly fools--was no man whom even party spirit dared liken to the stern, simple Virginia professor, the Cavalier-Puritan, whose brigade of recruits stood like a stone wall under the convergent fire of artillery and rifles that was closing round them at Mannassas; no A. P. Hill, second only to Jackson among the lieutenants of Lee; no strategist comparable to<