# Jubal Early — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> Jubal Early in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Early, General Early

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Confederate general who threatened Washington in 1864.

## Relationships

### [Philip H. Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/philip_h_sheridan)

_rivalry_

Early and Sheridan were opposing commanders in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, where Sheridan decisively defeated Early.

## In the story

### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lviii)

Confederate commander in the Shenandoah Valley, defeated by Sheridan at Opequon Creek and Fisher's Hill.

### [Confederate Army](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/confederate-army)

Commanding the Second Army Corps

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