EWELL, RICHARD STODDERT

1817–72, Confederate general, b. Georgetown, D.C., grad. West Point, 1840. Ewell rose rapidly in the Confederate army, becoming a major general by Oct., 1861. In 1862 he fought under T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, playing a decisive role at Winchester, Cross Keys, and Port Republic. He continued in Stonewall's command through the Seven Days battles and Lee's subsequent advance on Pope but lost his leg in the second battle of Bull Run (Aug., 1862). Upon his return to duty, Ewell succeeded the late Stonewall Jackson as commander of the 2d Corps and led Lee's advance in the Gettysburg campaign. During the Wilderness campaign (1864) he sustained further injury and was forced to retire from the field but commanded the defenses of Richmond until the city fell in Apr., 1865.

See D. S. Freeman, Lee's Lieutenants (3 vol., 1942–44).

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Richard S. Ewell: A Soldier's Life
Book by Donald C. Pfanz; University of North Carolina Press, 1998
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army--Biography, Ewell, Richard Stoddert--1817-1872, Generals--Confederate States Of America--Biography, Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...Genealogies , 338-39; Jesse Ewell to ESE, 30 Sept. 1880...List, 17, 23; Alice M. Ewell, "Life in Old Bel Air"; Harriot Stoddert Turner, "Ewells of Virginia...lieutenant in the Old Army, Richard Ewell was best man at the Bel Air...
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The Army of Northern Virginia: Lee's Army in the American Civil War, 1861-1865
Book by Philip Katcher; Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army Of Northern Virginia--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories
...corps on occasion, this most senior of Virginia cavalrymen never rose above the rank of major-general. Richard Stoddert Ewell Richard Stoddert Ewell was born in Georgetown, now part of Washington, D.C., on February 8, 1817. A graduate of...
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A Soldier's General: The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette Mclaws
Book by John C. Oeffinger; University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army--Biography, Generals--Confederate States Of America--Biography, Generals--Confederate States Of America--Correspondence, Generals--United States--Biography, Mclaws, Lafayette--1821-1897--Correspondence, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, Confederate
...Evans, Clement Anselm, 60 Eve, J. Paul, 235 Everett, Edward, 20n Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 90 , 110 Ewell, Lizzie, 110 Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 27 , 38 , 90n ; on march into Pa., 190 ; and Milroy's surrender, 191 ; at Gettysburg...
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Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864
Book by Earl J. Hess; University of North Carolina Press, 2005
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army Of Northern Virginia--History, Confederate States Of America--Defenses--History, East (U.S.)--History, Military--19th Century, Fortification, Field--History--19th Century, Fortification--East (U.S.)--History--19th Century, Historic Sites--East (U.S.), United States--Army Of The Potomac--History, United States--Defenses--History--19th Century, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...S.), 18- 19; troops (C.S.), 17, 22-23 Evans, Nathan G., 43-44, 200 Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 92-93, 95 Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 92, 95, 216, 2r8, 292-93 Fagan, W. L., 195 Falling Waters: field fortifications...
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Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership
Book by Gary W. Gallagher; Kent State University Press, 1999
Subjects: Command Of Troops--Case Studies, Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863
...desire to attack, 29 , 122 ; and Ewell, 38 -42; and Longstreet, 124...159 Eustis, HenryL., 239 Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 13 , 39 , 57 , 89 , 90 , II8...Freeman, Douglas Southall, 28 ; on Ewell, 23, 30 , 43 ; on Longstreet...
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Confederate General R. S. Ewell: Robert E. Lee's Hesitant Commander
Journal article by Ethan S. Rafuse; Parameters, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Confederate General R. S. Ewell: Robert E. Lee's Hesitant Commander (Book)--Book reviews
Confederate General R. S. Ewell: Robert E. Lees Hesitant Commander...Rafuse Confederate General R. S. Ewell: Robert E. Lees Hesitant Commander...Staff College. In August 1862, Richard Stoddert Ewell was widely recognized as one of...


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Ewell, Richard Stoddert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EWELL, RICHARD STODDERT 1817 72, Confederate general, b. Georgetown...D.C., grad. West Point, 1840. Ewell rose rapidly in the Confederate army...1862). Upon his return to duty, Ewell succeeded the late Stonewall Jackson...


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