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Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III, 1938-

Jubal Early : Robert E. Lee's bad old man / Benjamin Franklin Cooling III. - xiv, 201 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.

Molding a Piedmont soldier, lawyer and reluctant secessionist -- Proving himself: First Bull Run to Second Fredericksburg -- Searching for Stonewall's successor -- Jubal's moment of truth: the Washington Campaign -- Lee's forlorn hope: the Shenandoah nadir -- Unrepentant apostle of the lost cause -- Old Jube and American memory: explaining Jubal Early.

In a new critical biography of Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early, Civil War historian B.F. Cooling III takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating, idiosyncratic characters in the pantheon of Confederate heroes and villains.

ISBN: 9780810889132 0810889137

LCCN: 2014015338

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB497816 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Confederate States of America. Army --Biography.
Confederate States of America. Army.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1861-1865

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
Generals.
Military campaigns.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States.
United States--Confederate States of America.
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
History.
Biography.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: E467.1.E13 / C66 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 355.0092 B