Lot 83
Early, Jubal (1816-94) Confederate general. Card Signed ("J A Early - Lynchburg, Virginia"), no date, 2½ x 3¼ in. Very Fine. "Old Jube" fought in the Seminole War and the Mexican War. He voted against Virginia's secession but followed his state. He was appointed brigadier general in 1861 and major general in 1863. He was lieutenant general in charge of the great raid down the Shenandoah Valley toward Washington (1863). He was defeated several times by Sheridan during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, and after Waynesboro (1865), he was relieved of his command. At the end of the war, he fled to Mexico, then Canada, but returned to Lynchburg, Virginia in 1869, where he practiced law. He never took the oath of allegiance after the war.
Estimated Value $850 - 1,000.
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