A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America

by Jubal Anderson Early

A 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.

BY
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY,
OF THE PROVISIONAL ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.

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DEDICATED
To the Memory of the Heroic Dead, who fell fighting for Liberty, Right & Justice.

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“DEO VINDICE.”

LYNCHBURG
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES W. BUTTON,
1867.

Contents

• Notes by the Publisher
• Preface
• Preface to the Second Edition

Campaign in Virgina from the Rapidan to the James River

• Introduction
• Battles of the Wilderness—Operations from Early's Division
• Battles of Spotsylvania Court House—Operations of Hill's Corps
• Hanover Junction—Operations of Early's Division
• Battles of Cold Harbour—Operations of Ewell's Corps

Campaign in Maryland and the Valley of Virginia

• Introduction
• March to Lynchburg and Pursuit of Hunter [1]
• March down the Valley and Operations in the Lower Valley and Maryland
• Battle of Monocacy
• Operations in front of Washington and recrossing the Potomac
• Return to the Valley and Operations there
• Battle of Kernstown
• Expedition into Maryland and Pennsylvania—Burning of Chambersburg
• Retreat to Fisher's Hill and subsequent Operations until the Battle of Winchester
• Battle of Winchester
• Affair at Fisher's Hill
• Retreat up the Valley and Operations until the Battle of Cedar Creek
• Battle of Cedar Creek or Belle Grove
• Close of the Valley Campaign
• Operations in 1865
• Conclusion

Appendix

A. Letter from General Lee [2]
B. Statistics showing the relative strength of the two Sections during the War