General Richard Ewell Color:Blue 34th North Carolina

34th North Carolina

although he had been pro-Union up until this point

and 63rd Tennessee Infantry Regiments

Around the time he passed the bar

21st and 23rd Tennessee Infantry Regiments

General Richard Ewell Color:Blue 34th North CarolinaRichard Stoddert Ewell was born on February 8, 1817, in Georgetown in the District of Columbia. He was the grandson of Benjamin Stoddert, the first secretary of the navy, and of Revolutionary War Colonel Jesse Ewell. He grew up in nearby Prince William County on his family's estate Stone Lonesome. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was known as "Old Bald Head" or "Baldy" to his friends. He graduated thirteenth in