See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD STODDERT See also:

• RICHARD STODDERT EWELL (1817-1872)

EWELL (1817-1872)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the Confederate See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GEORGETOWN

Georgetown, now a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, D.C., on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1817, and graduated at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point in 184o . As a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry officer he saw much active service in the Mexican See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and later in See also:

• INDIAN

Indian warfare in New See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico . He resigned his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission at the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War, and entered the Confederate service . He commanded a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade in the first See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull Run See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, and a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in the famous Valley Campaign of " Stonewall " See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, to whom he was next in See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . At See also:

• CROSS

Cross Keys he was in command of the forces which defeated General See also:

• FREMONT
• FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES (1813-1890)

Fremont . See also:

• EWELL, RICHARD STODDERT (1817-1872)

Ewell's division served with Jackson in the Seven Days and in the campaign of Second Bull Run . At the See also:

• ACTION

action of Groveton Ewell lost a See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg, but did not on that See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account retire from active service, though other generals led his men in the sanguinary battles of See also:

• ANTIETAM

Antietam (where they lost 47% of their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers) and Fredericksburg . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of " Stonewall " Jackson, Ewell was promoted lieutenant-general and appointed to command the 2nd See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps, with which he had served from the beginning of the Valley Campaign . His promotion set aside General J . E . B . See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, the temporary See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of Jackscn's corps; that Ewell, crippled as he was, was preferred to the brilliant cavalry See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader was a marked testimony to his See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling qualities as a soldier .

The invasion of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania soon followed, Ewell's corps leading the advance of See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee's army . A federal force was skilfully cut off and destroyed near See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, Va., and Ewell's corps then raided See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Pennsylvania unchecked . At the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg, the 2nd Corps decided the fighting of the first See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in favour of the Confederates, See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the enemy before them; on the second day it fought a desperate action on Lee's See also:

• LEFT

left wing; Ewell took part in the closing operations of 1863 and in all the battles of the See also:

• WILDERNESS

Wilderness and See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . In the final campaign of_1865 he and the remnant of his corps were cut off and forced to surrender at Sailor's See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, a few days before his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief capitulated to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant at Appomattox . After the war General Ewell lived in retirement . He died near See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, See also:

• MAURY, LOUIS FERDINAND ALFRED (1817–1892)
• MAURY, MATTHEW FONTAINE (1806-1873)

Maury See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County, See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, on the 25th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 18/2 .