<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ewell akaberekerwa muGeorgetown, District of Columbia. Akakurira muPrince William County, Virginia, kubva pazera remakore matatu, pane imwe nzvimbo pedyo neManassas inozivikanwa se Stony Lonesome. Aive mwanakomana wechitatu waDr. Thomas naElizabeth Stoddert Ewell; muzukuru waBenjamin Stoddert, wekutanga US Secretary of the Navy; muzukuru weRevolutionary War Colonel Jesse Ewell; uye mukoma waBenjamin Stoddert Ewell. Akapedza kudzidza paUnited States Military Academy muna 1840, ari wechigumi nematatu mukirasi yake yevadzidzi makumi mana nevaviri. Aizivikanwa neshamwari dzake saMusoro Wakare Wembudzi kana kuti Bhandi. Akapiwa basa rokuva lieutenant wechipiri mu1st U.S. Dragoons uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant wokutanga muna 1845. Kubva muna 1843 kusvika muna 1845 akashanda naPhilip St. George Cooke naStephen Watts Kearny pabasa rekufambisa pamwe neSanta Fe neOregon Trails. Muhondo yeMexico neAmerica, achishandira pasi paWinfield Scott, akazivikanwa uye akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni nokuda kwoushingi hwake paContreras uye  <response>: Churubusco. PaContreras, akaita basa rokuongorora usiku naKaputeni Robert E. Lee, uyo akazova mukuru wake. 