Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826 - 1905)

Born 31 Oct 1826 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States

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Died 30 Jun 1905 at age 78 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Hugh Boyle Ewing is Notable.

Major General Hugh Boyle Ewing served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 8/15/1861
Mustered out: 1/15/1866
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Field & Staff, 30th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Hugh Ewing was born on October 31, 1826 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. His parents were Thomas Ewing and Maria Wills Boyle. He married Henrietta Young in 1858 Together they had 2 children:

1. George Ewing
2. Hugh Ewing

He died on June 30, 1905 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States

Military

U.S. Civil War

See also: civilwardata

Promotions:

• Brig-General 11/29/1862
• Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5893588/hugh-boyle-ewing: accessed 21 November 2023), memorial page for Hugh Boyle Ewing (31 Oct 1826–30 Jun 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5893588, citing Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Boyle_Ewing
• Headstone for "PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF; HUGH BOYLE EWING; BORN OCTOBER 31, 1826; DIED JUNE 30, 1905", Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio

• The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV [E]

Ewing, James

page 24

EWING, Hugh Boyle, soldier, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1826; son of the

Hon. Thomas and Maria Wills (Boyle) Ewing. His ancestor, Finley Ewing, the first

progenitor of the family of whom there is record, achieved distinction as an officer of

dragoons in the battle of the Boyne. His son, Thomas, emigrated to the American colonies

in 1718, settling in Greenwvich, N.J., where he married Mary Maskell, an heiress of great

wit and beauty. Their son, Thomas, was the father of George Ewing, who fought under

Washington, passing through the winter of Valley Forge, and commanding a battery of

artillery at the battle of Brandywine, where the excellent service of his guns materially

contributed to the first repulse of the British. After the Revolution George Ewing joined the

movement to the Northwest territory, and settled in Athens county, Ohio. [p.24] His son,

Thomas (1789-1871), was the father of Hugh Boyle Ewing. Hugh was educated at the U.S.

military academy, and in 1849 went to California where he joined an expedition ordered by

his father, then secretary of the interior, to rescue the belated immigrants who were

imprisoned in the Sierra by the heavy snows. He made the journey to California by way of

New Orleans and Texas; passing through Mexico from the Rio Grande to Mazatlan on the

Pacific, crossing the Cordilleras on mule back; and returning in 1852 by way of Panama,

with dispatches for the government. He then completed his course in law and settled in St.

Louis, Mo., where he practised from 1854 to 1856, when he removed with his brother,

Thomas, to Leavenworth, Kan. In 1858 he was married to Henrietta, daughter of George

W. Young, a large plantation owner of the District of Columbia, whose family was

prominent in the settlement and history of Maryland. He soon afterward took charge of his

father's salt works in Ohio. In April, 1861, he was appointed by Governor Dennison

brigade-inspector of Ohio volunteers, and he served under Rosecrans and McClellan in

western Virginia. He was made colonel of the 30th Ohio volunteers in August, 1861,

brigadier-general, Nov. 29, 1862, and major-general by brevet in 1865. In the battle of

South Mountain he led the assault which drove the enemy from the summit; and at midnight

of that day he received an order placing him in command of a brigade. Under McClellan at

Antietam his brigade was placed upon the extreme left of the army, where, according to

the report of General Burnside, "by a brilliant change of front he saved the left from being

completely driven in." He served throughout the campaign before Vicksburg, leading the

assaults made by General Sherman; and upon its fall was placed in command of a

division. At Chattanooga his division formed the advance of Sherman's army and carried

Missionary Ridge. He was ordered to North Carolina in 1865, and was planning an

expedition up the Roanoke river to co-operate with the army of the James, when Lee

surrendered. President Johnson appointed him U.S. minister to Holland, where he served,

1866-70. Upon his return to the United States he retired upon a farm near Lancaster, Ohio.

He is the author of: The Black List; A Tale of Early California (1887); A Castle in the Air

(1887); The Gold Plague, and other works.