. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . y throughout the Vicksburgcampaign, Captain Ewing was promoted to Lie inspectorgeneral of the fifteenth Army Corps. lie followedShermans conquering banner, as inspector-general ofthe Army of the Mississippi and, later, as brigade com-mander, through all his glorious service. An offii ialstatement of .Assistant Adjutant-General Mi Keever saysthe records of the War Department show that Ewing received three successive brevets in the regular army, twostaff promotions, and a commission as brigadier-generalof volunteers, and t
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . y throughout the Vicksburgcampaign, Captain Ewing was promoted to Lie inspectorgeneral of the fifteenth Army Corps. lie followedShermans conquering banner, as inspector-general ofthe Army of the Mississippi and, later, as brigade com-mander, through all his glorious service. An offii ialstatement of .Assistant Adjutant-General Mi Keever saysthe records of the War Department show that Ewing received three successive brevets in the regular army, twostaff promotions, and a commission as brigadier-generalof volunteers, and that he bore an honorable part in thefollowing battles and campaigns : Chickasaw Bayou, Ar-kansas Post, Deer Creek, Hainess Bluff, Champion I fills,Bridgeport, the two assaults on Vicksburg, the siegi -1Vicksburg, the siege of Jackson, battle of Colliersville,the Chattanooga campaign, battle of Missionary Ridge,campaign to Knoxville, battles of Dalton, Resaca, Cass-ville, New Hope Church, Kenesaw, Ruffs Station, Peach-tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesborough, the Savannah cam-. paign, and, finally, commanded the Second Brigade, ThirdDivision, Seventh Army Corps, through the Carolinas, althe battle I Averysborough and Bentonville, and thefinal surrender ol the Confederate ami)at 1 )urham Station. lie crowned his military career at the Grand Reviewat Washington on the- 24th day of May, 1865, when theveterans of the war made their ever-memorable marchamid the acclaims of a nation rescued by their sacrifii eand valor. As lie pasl the reviewing stand, at thehead of his famous brigade, his majestic: and venerablefather, Thomas Ewing, with patriotic pride and emotionflailed his son,—glorious in his chivalrous youth, hissplendid service, his brilliant talent,—one of the kindest,bravest, and best of all that immortal host. lie resigned his commission as brigadiei general olvolunteers December 1, 1865, and as captain in the regu-lar army |uly y>, [867, and entered on the practice oll
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