Richard S. Ewell
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Richard Stoddert Ewell was an American military officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fo
Malvern Hill, where Ewell fought
Confederate soldier killed in Ewell's attack May 19, 1864, on the Alsop Farm, located near the Harris Farm
Ewell Farm near Spring Hill, Tennessee, 2009
Battle of the Wilderness
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The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Genera
Richard S. Ewell
…to command but struggled with his health and mobility. He was bruised in a fall from his horse in January 1864. Ewell led his corps in the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness and performed well, enjoying a slight numerical superiority over the U.S. corps that attacked him. In the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Lee felt…
Grant being cheered by his men after the battle
Maj Gen G. Meade
Gen R. E. Lee
Portion of the Wilderness battlefield photographed in 1865 near Palmer and Spotswoods houses