EARLY
EASTBURN
from Georgetown (D.C.) college in 1834, and the
same year became a member of the Society of
Jesus. In 1844 he was ordained a priest and
was for some years professor of belles-lettres in
Georgetown college. He was pastor of a church
in Philadelphia, Pa., for a time and was later
for several years president of the College of the
Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. He resigned in
1853 and removed to Baltimore, Md., where he
was instrumental in founding and building the
college and church of St. Ignatius. He Avas after-
ward president of Georgetown college, and
during the civil war, while still continuing the
college curriculum, he allowed the Union troops
the use of the buildings and campus for hospitals
and camps. He died in Georgetown, D.C, in 1874.
EARLY, Jubal Anderson, soldier, was born
in Franklin county, Va., Nov. 3, 1816. He was
graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1837
and served one year as lieutenant in the Florida
war, when he resigned from the army and de-
voted himself to the study and practice of law.
He was a member of the lower house of the Vir-
ginia legislature, 1841-42, and commonwealth
attorney, 1842-52, meanwhile serving, 1847^8,
in Mexico as major of a regiment of Virginia
volunteers, and was governor of Monterey after
its capture in 1847. He joined the Confederate
army as colonel of Virginia troops in 1861 and at
the battle of Manassas, July 21, 1861, commanded
a brigade. At Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, he was
severely wounded, being carried to the rear and
reported as dead. For his action at Williamsburg
he was promoted brigadier-general. He did not
engage in the battle of Chancellorsville, having
been placed in command of the division that
held the lines at Fredericksburg during that
battle. At Gettysbui'g he commanded a division
and gallantly disputed the ground held by him
in that battle. He was assigned to the command
of the Shenandoah valley in 1864 with the rank
of lieutenant-general. Commanding the nearest
outpost to the Federal troops, he continually
harassed them. In July, 1864, he crossed the
Potomac, gained a victory at Monocacy, put the
national capital in danger of forcible possession
by his troops and was only deterred from accom-
plishing his purpose by exaggerated accounts of
the strength of its defending army. He defeated
Generals Cook and Averill at Kernstown, Va.,
July 24, made a cavalry expedition across Mary-
land later in the month, when McCausland
advanced with a portion of his cavalry into Penn-
sylvania and burned Chambersburg in retaliation
for the farm houses burned by General Hunter in
the Shenandoah valley. The cavalry of McCaus-
land and Bradley Johnson were defeated at
Moorefield, August 7, and Early encountered
Sheridan the same day and fell back to Fisher's
Hill. At the Opequon, September 19, he was
driven back and again on the 22d from Fisher's
Hill. He sui"prised Sheridan's army at Cedar
Creek, October 19, and completely routed it.
This apparent victory was, however, turned into
defeat late in the afternoon by the arrival of
Sheridan, who was absent during the first day's
fight. This incident gave rise to the immortal
story of "Sheridan's ride." General Early lost
his heavy trains and most of his artillery. He
met the cavalry under Custer in March, 1865, at
Waynesboro, and was badly defeated and a few
days later General Lee relieved him from his
command of the troops in the valley. A f ter the
surrender he went to Europe and on his return
to Richmond, Va. , he practised law. He became
interested with General Beauregard in conduct-
ing the Louisiana state lottery, continuing in
the service of that company until its suppression
by pi'ocess of a newl}^ enacted law. He was
president of the Southern historical society and
spent his last days at Lynchburg, Va. , where he
claimed to be the only Confederate general who
had not accepted the conditions outlined in the
surrender of the army. He published ^4 Memoir
of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the
Confederate States (1867). He died in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2, 1894.
EARLY, Peter, governor of Georgia, was born in Madison county, Va., June 20, 1773; son of Joel Early. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1792 and three years later after pursuing a course in law in Philadelphia he re- moved with his parents to Greene county, Ga., where he practised law. He was a representative in the 7th, 8th and 9th congresses, 1801-07; judge of the superior court of Georgia, Ocmulgee circuit, 1807-13; and governor of Georgia, 1813- 15. As governor he carried into prompt execu- tion the various orders and requisitions of the Federal government. He vetoed the ' ' alleviation bill," passed by the legislature, Dec. 6, 1813, on the ground that it was rmconstitutional, impair- ing the obligation of contracts, and unwise and inexpedient, being calculated to make fraud familiar and to destroy the pride of honesty. This action prevented his re-election to the gov- ernorship. He was subsequently a state senator. He was married to a sister of Gen. Thomas A. Smith, U.S A. He died near Green sborough, Greene county, Ga., Aug. 15, 1817.
EASTBURN, Manton, fourth bishop of Mas- sachu.setts and 40th in succession in the Ameri- can episcopate, was born in Leeds, England, Feb. 9, 1801. He was brought to the United States in 1803 and was graduated from Columbia college in 1817. He entered the General theo- logical seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in the class of 1823, but left in 1822 and