Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character
Richard S. Ewell
Confederate general who succeeded Jackson as corps commander.
minor
Also known as Ewell, General Ewell
First appearance: i
Richard S. Ewell shows up with force in LIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Leads an attack on the Union right; is repulsed with heavy loss and barely gets back to his intrenchments.
Richard S. Ewell first appears in 0003 i.
In LIII: Leads an attack on the Union right; is repulsed with heavy loss and barely gets back to his intrenchments.
Later, in The Correspondence and Surrender at Appomattox: Confederate prisoner; quoted by Dr. Smith as stating the Confederate cause was lost and further bloodshed would be murder.
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