 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Hondo yeNorthern Virginia yakapaMusi waApril 9, 1865, Early akatizira kuTexas akatasva bhiza, achitarisira kuwana mauto eConfederate akanga asina kuzviisa pasi. Akaenda kuMexico, uye akabva ikoko akaenda kuCuba uye pakupedzisira akasvika kuCanada yaimbova Province of. Pasinei zvapo nechimiro chake chepakuvamba cheUnionist, Early akazvizivisa amene kuva asingakwanisi kurarama muhurumende imwe cheteyo seYankee. Achigara muToronto achitsigirwa nemari nababa vake uye nemukoma wake, Early akanyora A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America 1866, iyo yakanangana neValley Campaign yake. Bhuku racho rakava rokutanga rakabudiswa nomukuru mukuru wehondo pamusoro pehondo. Early akapedza upenyu hwake hwose achidzivirira zvaakanga aita muhondo uye akava mumwe wevakakurumbira mukururamisa nyaya yeConfederate, achikurudzira chakazozivikanwa seLost Cause movement. 