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Thomas Ewing Jr. (August 7, 1829 – January 21, 1896) was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate, Union Army general during the American Civil War, and two-term United States Congressman from Ohio, 1877–1881.
Thomas Ewing Jr., (7 de agosto de 1829 - 21 de enero de 1896) fue un abogado, militar y congresista estadounidense, conocido principalmente por su desempeño en la Guerra Civil de los Estados Unidos .
When the Civil War began, Ewing was elected colonel of the 11th Kansas Infantry and served under General James G. Blunt at the Battle of Prairie Grove. His successful defense of Fort Davidson in Missouri in September, 1864 helped stop an invasion of Missouri by Confederate General Sterling Price.
12 de ene. de 2024 · Thomas Ewing, Jr., was a prominent lawyer and politician who served as a Union general in the West during the American Civil War. In June 1862, Thomas Ewing, Jr. helped organize the “Red Legs,” a unit of scouts that protected the Kansas border from marauders headquartered in Missouri.
Ewing's namesake son, Thomas Ewing Jr., was an American Civil War Union army general and two-term U.S. Congressman from Ohio. Two of Ewing's other sons – Hugh Boyle Ewing and Charles Ewing – also became generals in the Union army during the Civil War.
Thomas Ewing Jr., (7 de agosto de 1829 - 21 de enero de 1896) fue un abogado, militar y congresista estadounidense, conocido principalmente por su desempeño en la Guerra Civil de los Estados Unidos.
Thomas Ewing, Jr. was a Military Officer, Free-State advocate, and first Chief Justice of the State of Kansas. Ewing was born in Lancaster, Ohio, on August 7, 1829. Ewing was educated in public schools and, when only 19 years old, was appointed Secretary of the Commission to settle the boundary between Ohio and Virginia.
