BMG Ewing, Hugh Boyle

Hugh Boyle Ewing​

Born: October 31, 1826

Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio

Father: U.S. Senator Thomas Ewing 1789 – 1871

(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)​

Mother: Maria Willis Boyle 1801 – 1864

(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)​

Wife: Henrietta Elizabeth Young 1834 – 1927

(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)​

Children:

Edith Ewing Miller 1859 – 1918​

(Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio)​

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Hugh Ewing 1862 – 1925​

(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)​

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George Washington Ewing 1865 – 1930​

(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)​

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Thomas Fenwick Ewing 1869 – 1927​

(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)​

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Marie W. Ewing Montgomery 1878 – 1951​

(Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Granville, Ohio)​

Education:

1844 – 1848: Attended West Point Military Academy forced to resign​

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His reason for resignation was he failed the engineering exam​

Occupation before War:

1849 – 1852: Served in Expedition in California to rescue immigrants​

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1852: Returned with dispatches for United States Government​

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1854 – 1856: Attorney in Saint Louis, Missouri​

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1856 – 1858: Speculator in Leavenworth, Kansas​

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1858 – 1861: in Charge of salt Works in Lancaster, Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861: Brigade Inspector of Ohio Volunteers​

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1861: Served under McClellan and Rosecrans in Western Virginia​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 30th​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland​

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1862: Sick from chronic dysentery​

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1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1863: Served in the fighting before the Vicksburg Campaign​

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1863: Division Commander at Battle of Chattanooga​

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1863: Led Raid that led to destruction of Empire State Iron Works​

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1863: Commander who wrecked Jefferson Davis's Plantation​

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1863 – 1865: Union Army Commander for Post at Louisville, Kentucky​

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1864 – 1905: Suffered from attacks of rheumatism​

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1865: Helped plan the expedition up Roanoke River​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1905: Suffered from attacks of rheumatism​

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1866 – 1870: United States Minister to Holland​

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1870 – 1905: Farmer in Lancaster, Ohio​

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1887: Author of The Black List; A Tale of Early California​

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1887: Author of A Castle in the Air​

Died: June 30, 1905

Place of Death: Lancaster, Ohio

Cause of Death: Old Age

Age at time of Death: 78 years old

Burial Place: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio

 

[Pollaco]

One of Sherman's brother-in-laws. He not only worked with immigrants in California , he took part in the Gold Rush. His participation in Antietam involved the capture of Burnside's Bridge.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend (October 31st) Birthday Brig. Hugh B. Ewing! Salutes remembering General Ewing on his birthday weekend.

 

[Pollaco]

One of Sherman's brother-in-laws. He not only worked with immigrants in California , he took part in the Gold Rush. His participation in Antietam involved the capture of Burnside's Bridge.

The oldest of the Ewing brothers, Hugh, Thomas Jr. and Charles.

 

[Pollaco]

His rheumatism was said to be debilating.

 

[Pollaco]

When Ewing was forced to resign from West Point, His father Senator Thomas Ewing Sr.appointed a young man to the open seat by the name of Philip Sheridan.