# Richard S. Ewell — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> Richard S. Ewell in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ewell, General Ewell

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Confederate general who succeeded Jackson as corps commander.

## In the story

### [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/liii)

Leads an attack on the Union right; is repulsed with heavy loss and barely gets back to his intrenchments.

### [The Correspondence and Surrender at Appomattox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lxvi)

Confederate prisoner; quoted by Dr. Smith as stating the Confederate cause was lost and further bloodshed would be murder.

### [Confederate Army](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/confederate-army)

Mentioned as commanding a division (Edward Johnson's Division) in the Second Army Corps

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