Ewell, Richard Stoddert (1817–1872), a United States and Confederate army officer. He was born in Georgetown, District of Columbia. Ewell graduated from West Point in 1840 and fought in the Mexican War and against the Apaches. He joined the Confederate army at the outbreak of the Civil War, serving ably under Thomas J. (”Stonewall”) Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley and the Peninsular Campaign. Ewell lost a leg at Groveton.
Promoted to lieutenant general, Ewell succeeded to Jackson's command in 1863. He led Lee's advance into Pennsylvania and commanded the Confederate left wing at Gettysburg. He was twice wounded in the Wilderness battles of 1864. Ewell took command of Richmond's defenses and, after the city's fall in 1865, surrendered his remaining men to Philip H. Sheridan. After four months in prison, he retired to a farm in Tennessee.
