{"product_id":"2940013357204","title":"Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General Jubal Early's Account of the Battle of Monocacy (Illustrated)","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly's most important service was in the Valley Campaigns of 1864, when he commanded the Confederacy's last invasion of the North. As Confederate territory was rapidly being captured by the Union armies of Grant and Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Lee sent Early's corps to sweep Union forces from the Shenandoah Valley and to menace Washington, D.C., hoping to compel Grant to dilute his forces against Lee around Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the time of Early's Maryland Heights campaign, Grant sent two VI Corps divisions from the Army of the Potomac to reinforce Union Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. With 5,800 men, he delayed Early for an entire day at the Battle of Monocacy, allowing more Union troops to arrive in Washington and strengthen its defenses. Early's invasion caused considerable panic in Washington and Baltimore, and he was able to get to the outskirts of Washington. He sent some cavalry under Brig. Gen. John McCausland to the west side of Washington.\u003cbr\u003eKnowing that he did not have sufficient strength to capture the city, Early led skirmishes at Fort Stevens and Fort DeRussy. The opposing forces also had artillery duels on July 11 and July 12. Abraham Lincoln watched the fighting on both days from the parapet at Fort Stevens, his lanky frame a clear target for hostile military fire. After Early withdrew, he said to one of his officers, \"Major, we haven't taken Washington, but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly wrote an account of the Battle of Monocacy in 1864 that was preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This edition includes illustrations of the battle and its important military commanders.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152718643440,"sku":"2940013357204","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013357204_p0.jpg?v=1763579881","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013357204","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}