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EWELL, RICHARD STODDERT (1817-1872)

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EWELL, RICHARD STODDERT (1817-1872)

EWELL, See also:
RICHARD
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RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
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RICHARD STODDERT (1817-1872) , See also:

AMERICAN

American soldier, See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

general in the Confederate See also:

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

FEBRUARY

February 1817, and graduated at See also:

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 and later in See also:

INDIAN

Indian warfare in New See also:

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 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, 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. 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, but did not on that See also:

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) 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, 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 qualities as a soldier.

The invasion of See also:

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

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

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 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, a few days before his See also:

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

chief capitulated to See also:

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, See also:

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.

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