At the age of 18, John Chowning Ewell enlisted as a sergeant in the 47th VA Infantry, Company F, in Lancaster County VA in January, 1861. He transferred to Company D of the 9th VA Cavalry on November 11, 1862, joining his older brother, James Leroy Ewell, in the unit. He sustained a wound to his left side at Boydton Plank Road, VA on October 27, 1864. His final rank was corporal.
After the war he returned to Lancaster County where he became a surveyor and studied law, which he began practicing in 1874. He later served as commonwealth's attorney and became a judge. he was active and prominent in the local business community and in Confederate veteran activities. Judge Ewell died August 26, 1919 and is buried at St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Church in Lancaster County, VA.
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