Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-26


York at 225c for middling.
GEN. ROBERT sTODDARB EWELL
This distinguished soldier and most esti-
N able citizen, died at his residence, near
Spring Hill, in Maury county, yesterday
morning, at p O'Clock. 1t has been but
two days since the remains Of his devoted
and beloved wife were buried in our City
Cemetery. This morning his remains will
be deposited by her side.
ten. Ewen was too great Us a soldier
and toe highly esteemed as private citizen,
to be permitted to pass from the scenes of
earth with nothing more than a bare para
graph. He was native of the District Of
Columbia, born in 1920. He entered
West Point as a cadet from Virginia,
in 1886, in class of 12e, Of
whom snly AZ graduated, In 1910, he
standing thirteenth in the class. A portion
of the time he was among the first five.
Among his classmates were Gen. Sherman
and Gen. Thomas, Of the Federal army,
Gov. Parl o. Hebert, of Louisiana, Gems.
Bushrc i r. johnson, Thos. Jordan and J.
?. DcCown of the Confederate army.
After graduating he was promoted in
the army 20 brevet second lieutenant Of
the lst Dragoons-July !, 1870. Nov. l,
of the same year ne was promotedt to second
lieutenant. He served on frontier duty at
nTfW 9- h. In -,
1S4O-42i Fort Scott, Kansas, 1928; es-
corting Santa Fe traders, 1913; Fort Scott,
Kar.sas, 1854; on recruiting service,
I844-45; on frontier duty at Fort Scott, 1645.
He was promoted to First Lieutenant.
First Dragons, Sept. 18, 1845; marched te
the Arkansas river, 1915; Fort Scott, 1915;
on coast survey, April IA to May 10, 1916;
on recruiting service, 1876; in the war with
Mexico, 1S46-4S, being engaged in the
siege of Vera Cruz, March 9-29, 1847;
battle Of CeTo Gordo, April 17-1S, 1St7;
battle of Contreras, Aug. 1920, l847; battle
Of CheUIkusco, Aug. 20, 1877; battle of
MOlinO del Rey, Sept. s, 1917. He was
Enaae Brevet Captain Aug. 90, 1S47, for
gallant and meritorious conduct in the
battles of Contreras and Cherubusco. He
was engaged in the storming Of Chapul-
tepec, Sept. l3, 1917; on re-
cruiting service, 184S5O; on from
tier duty at Rayado, New Mexico,
lS50l51; Fort Defiance, New Mexico, 1851.
August 4, lS49, he was promoted to Cap
tain Of the First Dragons. He was at Los
Lunss, New Merico, lS51-'54; Santa Fe,
New Mexico, 1854; escorting the Command
ing General to El Paso, 1854; scouting
lS5+'55; Los Lmas, 1856; escorting the
Governor Of New Mexico, 1856; marched
to Fort Buchanan, New Mexico, 1861;
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1857; Gia expedi-
ton, 1851, being engaged against Apache
Indians in the combat of ella river
New Mexico, June y, 1857; Fort Bu-
ehaRsn, New Mexico, 1S5T-59; expedition
against Pinal Apaches, 1859, being wounded
in a skirmish Dec. Il, 1859; Fort Bliss,
Texas, 1S6O-6l. he resigned his position
in the United States army May :, 1851, and
entered the Confederate service. From
1847 to 1850 he was on duty on the West
ern frontier without a furlOugh. He was
appointed a Brigadier General in the Con-
federate States Army in June, 1861, Ma
-jor General in February, 1862, a Lieutenant
General in May, 1868, to succeed Stonewall
Jackson, and took his command on the lst
of June. On the 18th and 16sh of that
month he captured Winchester, Va, with
four thousand prisoners and twenty-siX
guns. At Gettysburg on the 1st Of July he
captured five thousand prisoners and
six guns. In the battle Of the Wilder
ness he captured near five thousand
prisoners. On the 18th May he repulsed q
desperate attack Of the enemy, and after a
tieht Of fourteen hours, drove him from
nearly all the ground he had gained in the
morning. In July, 1864, he was placed in
command of Richmond. On the 29th Of
September, with about one hundred men,
he checked the euemy's advance, and saved
Richmond. On the retreat from Richmond
and Petersburg, he was in command of the
rear guard Of Gen. Lees army. On the
9th Of April he was attacked by the cavalry
Of the United States army under Gen. Sher-
idan at CaTters Creek, about six miles
from Farmvle. About four O'Clock in
the afternoon Of this day, the Sixth
Army Corps Of Gen. Grant came up, and
Gen. Ewell and his command with Gen.
Custis Lee were captured. This was the
last battle fought by the Army Of Northern
Virginia. Gen. Ewell was sent to Fort
Warren and remained there until thl con-
clUsiOn Of the war. During the war he had
three horses killed under him. H3 was
three times wounded. In the first
days engagement Of the second battle Of
Manassas he lost a leg. Space nor time does
not-permit US to speak more fully Of the
military career Of Gen. Ewell. Suffice it,
that he was regarded among the very best
fighters in the Confederate Army. Stone
wall jackson, under whom he served
always relied upon him as a tower of
strength.
During the war he married Mrs. Lazinka
Brown, Of this city. After his release from
Fort Warren he went with his estimabe
lady to her plantation near Spring Hill, in
Maury county, and began the career Of an |
agriculturist on a very large scale. In this /
he exhibited the same remarkable enter
prise and energy that had distinguished
him as a soldier. By liberal use Of capi-
tai he was demonstrating in the most prac-
tical way the peculiar adaptation Of Middle
Tennessee to the cultivation Of grapes and
grain, and to the rearing Of stock. He
was devoting particular attention 20
sheep and cattle. He had been Ln,i re-
Gently the President of the Maury County
Agricultural Society, and had greatly en-
deared himself to the farming population
by his devotion to their interest. lie
was eminenuy a public spirited man.