<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - U - Ewell wazalelwa eGeorgetown, eSifundeni SaseColumbia. Wakhulela ePrince William County, eVirginia, kusukela eneminyaka emithathu ubudala, endaweni eseduze neManassas eyaziwa ngokuthi iStony Lonesome. Wayeyindodana yesithathu kaDkt. Thomas no-Elizabeth Stoddert Ewell; umzukulu kaBenjamin Stoddert, uNobhala Wokuqala Wezempi wase-US; umzukulu kaColonel War War War Jesse Jesse Ewell; nomfowabo kaBenjamin Stoddert Ewell. Wathweswa iziqu e-United States Military Academy ngo-1840, waba ngoweshumi nantathu ekilasini lakhe labafundi abangu-42. Abangane bakhe babemazi ngokuthi uMdala Onempandla noma uNqunu. Wathunywa njengelungu lesibili e-US Dragoons yokuqala futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-first lieutenant ngo-1845. Kusukela ngo-1843 kuya ku-1845 wakhonza noPhilip St. George Cooke noStephen Watts Kearny emsebenzini wokuphelekezela eSanta Fe nase-Oregon Trails. Empini yaseMexico naseMelika, esebenza ngaphansi kukaWinfield Scott, wahlonishwa futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni ngenxa yesibindi sakhe eContreras naseChurubusco  <response>: . futhi. EContreras, wenza ukuhlola ebusuku no-Engineer uCaptain Robert E. Lee, owayesazoba umphathi wakhe. 