Ewing received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Third Battle of Petersburg in Virginia on 2 April 1865.

[1][2] Ewing was born in Ligonier Valley in Pennsylvania on 4 March 1843.

He enlisted in Company E of the 211th Pennsylvania Infantry on 12 September 1864, mustering out at the end of the war on 2 June 1865.

Ewing became a member of the Medal of Honor Legion in the 1890s, and marched with it in the ceremonies at the dedication of Grant's Tomb.

[3] He died on 23 May 1918 and his remains are interred at the Ligonier Valley Cemetery in Pennsylvania.