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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General Jubal Early's Account of the Battle of Gettysburg (Illustrated)
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General Jubal Early's Account of the Battle of Gettysburg (Illustrated)
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Jubal Early (1816-1894) was an important general for the Confederacy, but his most lasting contribution to the South came after the war. Early served under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee, rising from regiment commander to Corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia. Early fought in key battles like Gettysburg and the Shenandoah Valley campaigns, and during his raid toward Washington D.C., his forces nearly killed President Lincoln during a battle at Fort Stevens, making him the only sitting president to come under live fire.
However, it was Early’s writing that truly changed history. Early was one of the writers for the Southern Historical Society during the 1870s that established the Lost Cause, a cultural phenomenon that dominated the writing of Civil War history for a century and is still a widely held view today. His autobiography, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , Confederate States of America, is a perfect example of Lost Cause writing, in which the Confederacy is unable to overcome the North’s vast advantage in men and resources. At the same time, the Lost Cause deified Lee, thus looking for others to blame for the South’s loss. For years, Early and James Longstreet argued in writing over who was to blame for the loss at Gettysburg, leading both men to attack each other in print.
Before writing that account, however, Early had to provide an official account of his part in Gettysburg and the Pennsylvania Campaign to his superiors. and they were preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This account, which comes from the Official Records, gives a more matter of fact account of the campaign. Written about 6 weeks after the battle, Early hints that he thought Ewell should attack Culp’s Hill on Day 1, one of the battle’s great “what ifs.”
This edition includes illustrations of the Pennsylvania Campaign, the Battle of Gettysburg, and Early.
However, it was Early’s writing that truly changed history. Early was one of the writers for the Southern Historical Society during the 1870s that established the Lost Cause, a cultural phenomenon that dominated the writing of Civil War history for a century and is still a widely held view today. His autobiography, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , Confederate States of America, is a perfect example of Lost Cause writing, in which the Confederacy is unable to overcome the North’s vast advantage in men and resources. At the same time, the Lost Cause deified Lee, thus looking for others to blame for the South’s loss. For years, Early and James Longstreet argued in writing over who was to blame for the loss at Gettysburg, leading both men to attack each other in print.
Before writing that account, however, Early had to provide an official account of his part in Gettysburg and the Pennsylvania Campaign to his superiors. and they were preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This account, which comes from the Official Records, gives a more matter of fact account of the campaign. Written about 6 weeks after the battle, Early hints that he thought Ewell should attack Culp’s Hill on Day 1, one of the battle’s great “what ifs.”
This edition includes illustrations of the Pennsylvania Campaign, the Battle of Gettysburg, and Early.
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