1862 INDIAN AFFAIRS RAILROAD SIGNED THOMAS EWING JR KS CONGRESS +CIVIL WAR GEN
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1862 INDIAN AFFAIRS RAILROAD SIGNED THOMAS EWING JR KS CONGRESS +CIVIL WAR GEN:
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AMAZING PIECE OF NATIVE AMERICAN & US HISTORY, PROMISSORY NOTE SIGNED BY AGENT THOMAS EWING JR (SEE BIO BELOW),LEAVENWORTH PAWNEE & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY PROMISES TO PAY COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OF US ON 7/2/1862 AT OFFICE OF ASSISTANT TREASURER OF US IN CITY OF NY $600.00 DOLLARS ON BOND #21. -- I FOUND SOME ONLINE CONTENT MENTIONING \"TheLeavenworth, Pawnee&Western RailroadCompany was incorporated by the act of the Legislature of Kansas in 1855, to build arailroadfrom the west bank of the Missouri river, in the town ofLeavenworth;thence west to the town ofPawnee,or to some point feasible and near to the Government reservation for Fort Riley, with the privilege of extending the same to thewesternboundary of the Territory of Kansas, which was the summit of the Rocky Mountains. It is a matter of public history — made so by the record in this suit, which contains the letter of Thomas Ewing, then Chief Justice of Kansas, to the Senate Committee ofIndian Affairs,of the date of June 14,1862—thatas early as 1857, theLeavenworth, Pawnee&Western RailroadCompany was organized atLeavenworth,by a subscription of $156,700 of stock, and the choice by the stockholders of a board of directors and other officers. That afterwards other subscriptions of stock were made within the limits of the charter, new directors and officers at various times chosen, and the company, pursuant to the provisions of its charter, kept in constant and efficient existence down to the date of this letter of Judge Ewing\'s. It also appears from this letter that the construction of the road was commenced in May, 1857, and in that year survey and profiles of the main line were made and the location completed fromLeavenworthto Fort Riley, under the direction of Mr. Edward L. Berthoud; that in November, 1861, final estimates and adjustments of the line were commenced by Col. Sylvester Medbury, of Columbus, Ohio, an engineer of known ability and experience, which were, at the date of Judge Ewing\'s letter, being continued from FortLeavenworthto Fort Riley. It further appears that before June 24,1862,the right of way and depot grounds for nearly the whole length of the above line had been obtained—the right of way through the reservation of the Delaware Indians having been secured by prečxistingIndiantreaties, and having been expressly granted by the 5th article of the treaty of1862 .........\" --
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Lancaster,OhioDiedJanuary 21, 1896(aged66)
New York City,New YorkPlace of burialOakland Cemetery,Yonkers,New York CityAllegianceUnited States of America
UnionService/branchUnited States Army
Union ArmyYearsof service1862 – 1865RankBrevetMajor GeneralBattles/wars
American Civil War
- Battle of Old Fort Wayne
- Battle of Cane Hill
- Battle of Prairie Grove
- Battle of Fort Vice-President
Founder of the Ohio Society of New YorkThomas Ewing Jr.(August 7, 1829 – January 21, 1896) was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate,Union Armygeneral during theAmerican Civil War, and two-termUnited States CongressmanfromOhio, 1877–1881. He narrowly lost the 1880 campaign for Ohio Governor.
Ewing was born inLancaster, Ohio. His father,Thomas Ewing Sr., was a very successful lawyer and Whig politician at the national level. Although Ewing Sr. was an Irish Protestant, his wife, Maria Wills Boyle, converted the family to Roman Catholicism. The younger Ewing was a foster brother ofWilliam Tecumseh Shermanand became his brother-in-law when Sherman married Ewing\'s sister,Eleanor \"Ellen\" Ewing Sherman. Two other brothers were also Civil War generals—Charles EwingandHugh Boyle Ewing. Thomas Ewing Jr.\'s relationship with Sherman was close throughout their lives.
Thomas Ewing Jr. began his education atBrown UniversityinProvidence, Rhode Island. He left Brown University to become private secretary to PresidentZachary Taylorfrom 1849 to 1850 (concurrent with his father\'s term in Taylor\'s Cabinet). He then studied and practiced law from 1852 to 1856 inCincinnati, Ohio. He graduated fromCincinnati Law Schoolin 1855.[1]
Ewing married Ellen Cox ofPiqua, Ohio, on January 18, 1856. He moved toLeavenworth, Kansasin 1856, where he became a member of the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention of 1858. He was a stockholder and leading advocate of a transcontinental railroad through his early ownership of the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad, which later was sold to other investors and became part of the Union Pacific Railroad. A moderate on the issue ofslavery, his efforts to defeat theLecompton Constitutionhelped Kansas enter theUnionas a free state but without the bloody fight against the federal government advocated by other free state men likeJames H. LaneandJohn BrownHe was a delegate from Kansas to thePeace Conference of 1861and was elected the first chief justice of the new state of Kansas in 1861.
Civil War[edit]George Caleb Binghampainting of General Order No. 11. In this famous propaganda work General Thomas Ewing is seated on a horse watching the Red Legs.Ewing resigned his judgeship in 1862 to enter the military. He recruited the11th Kansas Infantryand was elected as its firstcolonel. His regiment fought inJames G. Blunt\'s division in the battles ofOld Fort Wayne,Cane Hill, andPrairie Grove.
Although he possessed no military experience before the civil war, Ewing was promoted tobrigadier generalon March 13, 1863, for his leadership at the Battle of Prairie Grove. He was given command of the District of the Border, which comprised Kansas and westernMissouri. Ewing was responsible forGeneral Order № 11, issued in retaliation forWilliam Quantrill\'s raid on Lawrence, Kansas, where 450 raiders shot and killed 150 men and boys.[2]The order commanded that civilians with southern sympathies living in four Missouri counties be expelled, and if they did not leave voluntarily, they would be forced out by Union cavalry. While this was part of an effort to suppressbushwhackersin the region it left a black mark on his legacy.
Thomas Ewing Jr.In September and October 1864, as deputy commander of the St. Louis district underWilliam Rosecrans, Ewing played a major part in thwartingSterling Price\'sinvasion of Missouriby commanding a successful defense atFort DavidsonatPilot Knob, Missouri. His command of 800 heavily outnumbered soldiers and a few black civilians fought off repeated attacks from a force of about 15,000Confederates, buying additional time for the Union army to strengthen the defenses aroundSt. Louis. Instead of surrendering, Ewing and his men successfully eluded Price\'s force during the night and fought a fighting withdrawal toRolla, Missouri.[3]On February 23, 1865, Ewing resigned to return to civilian life,[4]tendering his resignation directly to his good friend, the President, a month beforeLincoln\'s assassination. On February 24, 1866, PresidentAndrew Johnsonnominated Ewing for appointment to thebrevetrank ofmajor generalof volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865 and the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination on May 4, 1866.[5]
Postbellum career[edit]Although a staunch friend and ally ofAbraham Lincoln, whenEdwin Stantonengaged in a post-assassination flap with Ewing\'s brother-in-law William T. Sherman over final surrender terms to the Southern armies, Ewing agreed to represent two of John Ford\'s (of Ford\'s theater) employees in theLincoln conspiracy trials. ThroughOrville Browning, Ewing\'s Washington law partner, Dr.Samuel Mudd\'s family also sought Ewing\'s legal help. Ewing also representedSamuel ArnoldandEdmund Spanglerduring the trial. Ewing\'s efforts kept all three men from the gallows, but other conspirators were hanged. For their roles in the assassination, Mudd, Arnold and Spangler were sentenced to federal prison at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas off Key West, Florida.
From 1865 to 1870, Ewing practiced law inWashington, D.C., helping southern interests with his influence in the Johnson Administration. The Ewing family was heavily involved in defending Andrew Johnson against radical impeachment efforts. He declined PresidentAndrew Johnson\'s offers for him to become theSecretary of Warduring the Tenure in Office crisis. He successfully lobbied the key vote against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson when he convinced his old comrade in arms,Edmund G. Rossof Kansas, to vote against impeachment. Ewing also was successful in obtaining a pardon for Mudd at the end of Johnson\'s term.
In 1870, he returned to his nativeLancaster, Ohio, where he practiced for the next decade and attempted several business investments in railroads and telegraph companies. He was a member of the Ohio state Constitutional Convention of 1873 – 74, and represented his district in the45thand46th Congressesfrom 1877 until 1881. He prepared the bill establishing a Bureau of Labor Statistics, opposed the presence of U.S. soldiers at election polling places, and favored the re-monetization of silver and the continuation of the use ofGreenbackcurrency, becoming one of the leading national spokesmen for theGreenback Party.
In 1880, Ewing was defeated for election forGovernor of Ohioas theDemocraticcandidate in a close election. There is scholarly controversy whether the use ofGeorge Caleb Bingham\'s paintingGeneral Order № 11in the anti-Ewing campaign made the difference in the election.[6]
On March 3, 1881, Ewing closed his second term as representative in Congress and moved toNew Yorkto resume his law career. He never ran for office again.
Ewing was founder and first president of theOhio Society of New York, a trustee ofOhio Soldiers\' and Sailors\' Orphans\' Home(1874–78), and a trustee ofOhio University(1878–83). He served as Vice President of theCincinnati Law Schoolin 1881. He made a notable address before theMariettaCentennial Convention of 1887, and one before the Kansas state bar association in 1890. He also contributed an article entitled \"The Struggle for Freedom in Kansas\" toThe Cosmopolitanin May 1894. Brown University, by special vote in 1894, gave him the bachelor\'s degree dating back to the class of 1856.Georgetown Collegegave him the degree of LL.D. in 1870. He was killed when struck by aNew York Cityomnibus in 1896.[7]He is buried in theOakland CemeteryinYonkers, New York.
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1862 INDIAN AFFAIRS RAILROAD SIGNED THOMAS EWING JR KS CONGRESS +CIVIL WAR GEN:
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