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Jubal Early: Robert E. Lee's "Bad Old Man."
By Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III
- ISBN
- 9780810889132 9780810889149
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
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Starred Review on October 1, 2014 | Social Sciences
Returning to the subject of a former study, Civil War historian Cooling (Jubal Early's Raid on Washington: 1864) offers renewed insights into the personae of Lt. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early (1816–94), including how a notable Unionist Whig could be transformed into a controversial Confederate commander and an outspoken champion of Southern "lost cause" apologists. Early's cantankerousness caused Robert E. Lee to award him the moniker "bad old man," but this irascible Virginian neverthel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
