What is Thomas Ewing Jr.?
{{Infobox military person |name=Thomas Ewing Jr. |birth_date= {{birth date|1829|8|7}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1896|1|21|1829|8|7}} |birth_place= [[Lancaster, Ohio|Lancaster]], [[Ohio]] |death_place= [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |placeofburial= [[Oakland Cemetery (Yonkers, New York)|Oakland Cemetery]], [[Yonkers]], [[New York City|New York]] |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= Gen-TEwingJr.jpg |caption=General Thomas Ewing Jr. |nickname= |allegiance= [[United States of America]]<br/>[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] |branch= [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]] |serviceyears=1862 &ndash; 1865 |rank= [[File:Union Army major general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] |commands= |unit= |battles= [[American Civil War]] *[[Battle of Old Fort Wayne]] *[[Battle of Cane Hill]] *[[Battle of Prairie Grove]] *[[Battle of Fort Davidson]] |awards= |laterwork=[[Secretary]]<br/>[[Lawyer]]<br/>[[Congressman]]<br/>College Vice-President<br/>Founder of the Ohio Society of New York }} '''Thomas Ewing Jr.''' (August 7, 1829 &ndash; January 21, 1896) was an [[attorney]], the first [[chief justice]] of Kansas and leading [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|free state]] advocate, [[Union Army]] general during the [[American Civil War]], and two-term [[United States Congressman]] from [[Ohio]], 1877–1881. He barely lost the 1880 campaign for [[Ohio]] Governor. ==Civil War== Ewing was responsible for [[General Order No. 11 (1863)|General Order № 11]]. The Order was issued in response to [[William Quantrill]]'s [[Lawrence massacre|raid on Lawrence, Kansas]], where 450 raiders shot and killed 150 men and boys.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Pringle |first1=Heather |date=April 2010 |title= DIGGING THE SCORCHED EARTH |journal=Archaeology |volume= 63|issue=2 |pages=21 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Thomas Jr.}} [[Category:1829 births]] [[Category:1896 deaths]] [[Category:Bleedi