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EARLY, JUBAL A.

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EARLY, JUBAL A.
(1819 - 1894) Confederate major general who fought throughout the war, leading a division at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Spotsylvania, and conducted a threatening raid on Washington. Superb historic-content A.L.S. 6pp. 4to., Lynchburg, Sep. 24, 1872 to fellow ex-CSA Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox setting forth in great detail the events at the second battle of Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863. In small part: "...you are inaccurate in stating that Barksdale's brigade was required to hold a line of about two miles…at the time of Marye's Heights was carried…Barksdale had been left at Fredericksburg to watch the crossing there…at 10 AM precisely, having driven back a force of the enemy…I sent a staff officer to Barksdale & Pendleton…[at the stone wall] they had repulsed every attack…after he had left them he saw the enemy's troops go over the stone wall…I hurried forward and found Barksdale slowly retiring…it was in fact much nearer 12 when the Heights were carried…Barksdale said…that the enemy sent up a flag of truce after the second repulse to ask permission to get the dead & wounded…as soon as the flag returned to the enemy the attacking column moved forward…you are mistaken in saying that three of Anderson's brigades and one of McLaws' crossed the Plank road…it was these two brigades…which drovbe Sedgewick's left in…Kershaw's brigade came down from above…The operations at Fredericksburg have never been correctly represented , because I sent in no detailed report…[because] Genl. Lee told me there was no use…General Lee's report, therefore, does not give an entirely correct account, and all the details are wanting…" Much more fine content! Very thin mounting strip affects one margin, folds, overall very good to fine.