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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