Jubal Anderson Early (1816–1894) was a lawyer and Confederate States general. After the American Civil War, Early became one of the proponents of the "Lost Cause" view of the Confederacy and the Civil War.
In 1864, Jubal Early was sent by Robert E. Lee to sweep Union forces from the Shenandoah Valley and to menace Washington, DC. This invasion caused considerable panic in the North and Early was able to get close to the outskirts of Washington. He sent his cavalry to the west side of Washington, while his infantry attacked Fort Stevens. Abraham Lincoln watched the assault from Fort Stevens. As Lincoln was about to leave the parapets, one of Early's snipers shot and killed the President.[1]
Despite Lincoln's death, the South lost the Great Rebellion. The victorious North imposed a harsh peace upon the rebellious states, a peace made harsher by Lincoln's death.
A copy of Early's memoirs, written in the world the Rivington Men had come from, was among the items seized by Confederate troops after the Richmond Massacre.[3]
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