Marker memorializing Benjamin Stoddert Ewell
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Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert
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Marker memorializing Benjamin Stoddert Ewell
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This grave marker was placed in the College Cemetery in 1925, 31 years after Benjamin Ewell's death.
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It is a large stone marker.
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Benjamin Stoddert Ewell 1810-1894; President of William and Mary College 1854 - 1888 Colonel thirty-second regiment Virginia Volunteers C.S.A. The reopening of the College in 1865 was due to his courage and fidelity by ringing the bell during the silent years from 1881 -1888 when the college was closed he preserved its charter.
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1925
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Unknown at this time.
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