Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character
Jubal Early
Confederate general who threatened Washington in 1864.
minor
Also known as Early, General Early
First appearance: i
Jubal Early's tie to Philip H. Sheridan is one of the pressures that moves Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Confederate commander in the Shenandoah Valley, defeated by Sheridan at Opequon Creek and Fisher's Hill.
Jubal Early first appears in 0003 i.
With Philip H. Sheridan (rivalry): Early and Sheridan were opposing commanders in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, where Sheridan decisively defeated Early.
In LVIII: Confederate commander in the Shenandoah Valley, defeated by Sheridan at Opequon Creek and Fisher's Hill.
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- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Army of the Potomac
- Grant's Inner Circle
- Western Theater Commanders
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Philip H. Sheridan
rivalry · negative
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