General Richard Ewell, C.S.A.

General Richard Ewell, C.S.A.

(Uniform indicates rank of major general or higher.) Graduated from West Point, 1840; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in May 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Cavalry. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1861, major general in January 186...

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General Richard Ewell, C.S.A.
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Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description (Uniform indicates rank of major general or higher.) Graduated from West Point, 1840; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in May 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Cavalry. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1861, major general in January 1862, and lieutenant general in May 1863. Major campaigns and battles include Fairfax Courthouse, First Manassas, the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days' (wounded), Winchester, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. Due to ill health, he was assigned to the Department of Richmond from June 1864 until the end of the war. After the war, Ewell farmed in Tennessee, where he died in January 1872. He is buried in Nashville, Tennessee. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 2. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling Q0000000262Q262General Richard Ewell, C.S.A.(Uniform indicates rank of major general or higher.) Graduated from West Point, 1840; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in May 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Cavalry. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1861, major general in January 1862, and lieutenant general in May 1863. Major campaigns and battles include Fairfax Courthouse, First Manassas, the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days' (wounded), Winchester, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. Due to ill health, he was assigned to the Department of Richmond from June 1864 until the end of the war. After the war, Ewell farmed in Tennessee, where he died in January 1872. He is buried in Nashville, Tennessee. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 2. National Historical Society, 1991.1862-1865 circa1860-1869Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsPollard, Charles T.Charles T. Pollard Confederate officers photograph albumLPP40, #21v8539Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00314http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6576
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