Colonel Ezra P. Ewers was born in Wayneport, New York.
Ewers was born in Wayneport, New York and educated in public schools.
In recognition of bravery and meritorious conduct during the battle of Chickamauga, he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant on October 31, 1863.
Ewers earned promotion to first lieutenant on March 16, 1864, and transferred to the 37th Infantry on September 21, 1866.
This article incorporates text from Our County and its people a descriptive work on Jefferson County, by Edgar C. Emerson, ed., a publication from 1898, now in the public domain in the United States.