George P. Ewing

(1844 - )
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted in Bochester and mustered in as Private, Company G, 108th New York Infantry on 25 July 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He was promoted Corporal on 1 March 1863 and Sergeant on 1 January 1865. He mustered out with the Company on 28 May 1865 at Bailey's Crossroads, VA.

After the War:
He moved from Rochester, NY to Michigan in 1870, then in 1885 to Cheyenne (later part of Deuel) County, Nebraska. He homesteaded, farmed and ranched there.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Washburn1. Service details from the State of New York2. Further details from a bio sketch in Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Western Nebraska , Alden Publishing Company, Chicago: 1909, pp. 1012-13, online from USGenNet.

Birth Date: 02/17/1844 Place of Birth: Trenton, NY

Notes

1 Washburn, George H., A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. Vols., Rochester (NY): Press of E.R. Andrews, 1894, pp. 253 - 263 [AotW citation 8912]

2 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 34 (for the year 1903), pg. 213 [AotW citation 9051]

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