JUBAL ANDERSON EARLY
\d͡ʒˈuːbə͡l ˈandəsən ˈɜːlɪ], \dʒˈuːbəl ˈandəsən ˈɜːlɪ], \dʒ_ˈuː_b_əl ˈa_n_d_ə_s_ə_n ˈɜː_l_ɪ]\
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An American general and lawyer; born in Franklin County, Va., Nov. 3, 1816; died March 2, 1894. He graduated from West Point in 1837; served in the Seminole War (1837-38); resigned in 1838 to study law; and was prominent in the Mexican War (1847-48). He became a Confederate major-general in the Civil War; took part at Bull Run and Gettysburg, and in 1864 invaded Maryland, but was checked by Sheridan. After the war he practiced law at Richmond and Lynchburg, Va., and New Orleans, La. His works include: "A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States" (1867); "Campaigns of General Lee" (1872).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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