Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ewell ya jagoranci wani rukuni a cikin ƙananan sojojin Jackson a lokacin Valley Campaign, da kansa ya lashe 'yan yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa a kan manyan rundunonin Union na Maj. Gens. Nathaniel P. Banks, John C. Frémont, da kuma James Shields a yakin Front Royal da na farko na Winchester
, Yaƙin Cross Keys, da Yaƙin Port Republic, bi da bi. An sake kiran sojojin Jackson zuwa Richmond don shiga Robert E. Lee don kare birnin daga Maj. Janar George B. McClellan na Sojan Potomac a cikin Kamfen na Peninsula. Ewell ya yi yaƙi a fili a Gaines 'Mill kuma ya ga aikin haske a Malvern Hill. Bayan da Lee ya kori sojojin Union a cikin yakin kwana bakwai, Janar Janar John Pope na Virginia ya yi barazanar kai hari daga arewa, don haka aka aika da Jackson don hana shi. Ewell ya sake kayar da Banks a yakin Cedar Mountain a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta kuma, ya koma tsohon filin yakin Manassas, ya jagoranci sashinsa zuwa aikin a Brawner's Farm a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta. Kwallon Minie ya ragargaza ƙafar dama ta Ewell kuma ya kwanta a ƙasa har tsawon awanni kafin a same shi kuma a tafi da shi. An yanke kafa a kasa da gwiwa kuma Ewell ya fuskanci farfadowa mai raɗaɗi na tsawon watanni. Ko da yake ya sami ƙafar katako, sifar da ba ta dace ba ta ƙashin ƙafar ta sa ya kasance da wuya a yi amfani da ita. A ranar Kirsimeti, Ewell ya zame ya fadi a Richmond, ya kara tsananta raunin da ya samu.