Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-28
OBITUARY..
Sketch Ofthe Life OF Lieutenanf-GenernE
Rtehard stOddert EweII
Resolutions upon His Death by the
Confederate Relief Association
of Memphis.

| of Memphis.
We give space below to the report ofthe
| Stephens and Colonel Frsyser-appointsd
| by the Confederate Relief and Historical
association, upon the occasion Of the death
of this pure patriot and heroic soldier:
REPORT.
The committee, 10 whom was referred
the preparation OF suitable resolutions
commemorative of General EWell, sub
dued into brevity by the solemHity of the
occasion and tbe magnitude of the public
loss. submit the following report:
RICHARD SToDDERT EWBLL, a native Of
the District of COlumbis, born about the
year 1920 was the son of DR. Thomas
Ewsll, and the grandson of Benjamin
Stoddsrt, of Maryland, who was secretary
of the navy under the administrations of
Adams and Jefferson. Graduating st
West Point with distinction, be entered
the United States army ss lieutenant of
dragons, and spent the earlier years of
his novitiste in the hsrdships and perils
of the frontier service. He went through
the Mexican war in 1S47 and 1S45 with
great credit, being engaged in almost
every battle from Vera Cruz to the City of
Mexico, and being promoted for his gal
lautry in the battles of O0ntreras and
Cherubusco II was his brother, Lieuteu-
ant Thomss Ewell. of Jackson, Tennessee,
who fell mOrtelly wounded in front Of his
company, while storming the Mexican
fortiheations on the heights of Cerro Cor
do, and won fIom General Scott the high
eat compliment for his desperate courage.
At the beginning of the late, civil war
General EEell, then brevet-msjor, re-
signed his commission, and rendered his
sword TO the Confederate government
He was assigned at once to the Army Of
Virginia, the State in which he was
brought up from early childhood. On
that glorious arena, In his various degrees
of rank, from a subordinate officer to
acknowledgement, in every variety of
trial and emergency, in all his srduOus
campaigns and numberiess battles, down
to the close of the unequal conflict, his
daring intrspidity, his abundant tolls
and labOrs, his constant self denisls and
inc sssnt exposures, his unconQuerable
resolution, and his great military genius,
equalled only by his extraordinary mod
sEgy-hsvs grown into tmperishsble his-
tory, s1d have become the heritage of his
country, while their memory Is craven
80 indellibly upon the hearts and minds
of q grateful people, as co render their re-
capitulation super hQous. The loss OF his
leg in the second battle of Manassas, and
the serious failure of bis health under
constant exposures, were insufficient to,
ccol bis ardor, or to slaeEen his services
in the field, and thus he continued to bat
tie for the waning cause. until all was
lost.
He was married, In 1868, to his cousin,
Mrs. LiZinka @. Brown, a lady of rare vir-
tues and unsurpassed accomplishments,
the daughter of Judge George ". Camp
bell, disting guished as a senator from Ten
nessee, as a member of Mr.. MsdisOn's cab
met, and as minister to Russia during the
administration OF Mr.. Monroe. Retiring,
after the war, to their plantation in Maury
county, Tennesses it Wss their delight TO
cultivate and develop their brosd domain,
to increase and improve their rlcks and
herds, to dispense q generous hospitality
to their friends, and an unpr6tending char
ity to the poor. In these varied employ
ments OF benehcence and utility, in the
enjoyment of the pleasures of literary
taste and culture, in the modest, hsbitual
and consistent practice CT the duties Of re-
Igion in the Episcopal church, of which
they were cherished members, they filed
Eell the measure of their obligations to
soeiety, their Ountry and their God, diff.
fusing sunshine and JOY among all who
were privileged 20 cOms within the sphere
OF their influence.
In this enchanting home, surrounded
By all that could sWeeten the duties of
tscks of pneumonia; and within three
days OF each other-she on the 22d, and he
on the S5th of January, lS72-they passed
serenely through the portals Of the grace,
and winged their way to receive the re-
wards of the Just. United in life, they are
not separated even in death,
81 The benedlction Of these covering heavens,
Fall on their heads like dew! for they Gre
worthy
To inlay heaven with ltars.H
Lee, Jackson, Ewelli Vlrginis's three
great christian captains We stcop our
crests before the grandeur of your fame,
and rel Oice that human nature can attain
such excellsncs ss yOuFs.
The Confederate Rslief and Historical
Association of Memphis, of which General
3 well was a member, can write no worth
ier name upon tleir rOlla than hiss no
lOftier deeds than his can EdOrn their un-
dying snnals. Profoundly rssliEing the
extent OF our bereavement, let it, there
fore, bs
ReSOlVed, That in common with all who
admire greatness and reverence virtue, !
we do lament the death of the patriot, the |
friend, Ebs nero, the christian; and that |
we will cherish, in our heart of heart, |
the remembrance Of his unsullied life and |
heroic achievements.
WIN. H STEPHENS, Chairman.
ISHAM G HARRIS,
r. DUDLEY FRAYSER.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
In addition to the above we find space |
for the following succinct biography from |
the Nashville Union and American:
General e we'll was too great as q sol |
der and too highly esteemed as a private |
citizen to be permitted to pass from the |
scenes of earth with nothing more than
bare paragraph. He was q native of the |
District of COlumbiR, born in 1920 he |
entered West Point as q cadet from Vir- |
zinia, in 1885, In q class of one hundred |
and twenty, Of whom only forty-two grad /
usr ed, in 1S40-he standing thirt eanJh in /
the class. A portion Of the time he wss |
among the lrst five. Among his class |
mates were General Sherman and General |
Of the Federal army, Governor |
Psul o Hebert, of Louisiana, Generals |
rod r johnson, Thomas Jordan and /
J. P. McCown of the Confederate army.
"Aftsr gradustiDg, he Wss promoted in /
the army TO brevet-second lieutenant of |
the first drsgoons, July 1, 1910, Novem-
Der 1st, of the same year he was promoted /
to second lieutensnt. He served on from. |
tier duty st Fort Wayne, in the Indian /
Territory, In ls4O-42; Fort SCOTT, Kansas,
lS42- -43; csc rtinK Santa Fe traders, 1913;
Fort scott, Kansas, 1884; on recruiting /
service. 1s44-45; on frontier duty at Fort /
Scott, 1ek5. he vas promoted to fret
lisutsnsnf, First dragons, Septembec u, |
ls45; marched to tina Arkansas river, /
ls45; Fort Scott, 1875; on coast sur
vsy, April "A 10 Msy 10. 1876; o. recruits
.ng service, lS46; In the war wish Mex
leo, Is46-4s, being engaged in the siege of
Vera Cruz, March 800, ls47; battle OF
Cerro Gordo, April I7-ls, 1s47; battle Of
Contrerss, August 1920, 1s47; battle of
CherubUsco, August 20, lS47; battle OF /
Molino del Rey, sep ember 8. 1S47 He
Vss made brevet-capsain, August 20, lS47,
Tor gallant and msritortous conduct in the
battles Of Contrerss and Cherubusco. He
vas engsgsd IN the ssorming of Ohspnl-
,epsc. Septem Der Is, 1s47; on recruiting
sdo, In New Mexico, 1s50-51; at
Fort Defiance, New Mexico, 1851
August 4, Is49 ne was promoted to cap
ain of the First Dragons. He was at
Los Lunas, New Mexico, 1851 54; Santa
Fe, New Mexico, 1854; escort ing the
general 10 III Psso, 1854;
1854 SIS; Los Lunar, 1856; escort
Dg the governor Of New Mexico, 1856
marched to Fort Buchanan, New Mexico,
1866 81; Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1857;
aila expedition, 1857, being engaged
sgsinst Apache Indians In the combat of
3ils river, New Mexico, June n, 1867;
Fort Buchanan, New Mexico, 1857 So;
expedition against Pinsl Apsches, 1869,
being wounded In Rkirnish December
IA, 1859; Fort Rliss, Texas, 1880 81. He
resigned his position in the United States
army Msy Z, 1851, and entered the Con-
Iederste service. From 1s47 to 1850 he was
on duty on the western frontier without
; furlough. BE was appointed brigadier-
general In the Confederate States army in
June, 1881, q maiOr-general IN Feb
rusry, 1862, heutensnt-general in
May, 1888, to succeed StoneWan Jackson.
and took bis command on the lgt
1f June. On ths 18th and 18th OF that
month he captured Winchester, Virginia,
with four Thousand prisoners and twenty
Iix guns. AZ Gettysburg on the Isl of
July he captured five thousand prisoners
and six guns. In the battle of the Wild
,rness he captured near five Thousand
prisoners. On the 18th Of May he repuls-