Richard S. Ewell

<p>General Richard Stoddert Ewell holds a unique place in the history of the Army of Northern Virginia. For four months Ewell was Stonewall Jackson’s most trusted subordinate; when Jackson died Ewell took command of the Second Corps leading it at Gettysburg the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House.<br/><br/>In this biography Donald Pfanz presents the most detailed portrait yet of the man sometimes referred to as Stonewall Jackson’s right arm. Drawing on a rich array of previously untapped original source materials Pfanz concludes that Ewell was a highly competent general whose successes on the battlefield far outweighed his failures.<br/><br/>But Pfanz’s book is more than a military biography. It also examines Ewell’s life before and after the Civil War including his years at West Point his service in the Mexican War his experiences as a dragoon officer in Arizona and New Mexico and his postwar career as a planter in Mississippi and Tennessee. In all Pfanz offers an exceptionally detailed portrait of one of the South’s most important leaders.</p>