Ewing Stevenson Millsaps was born on July 29, 1892, in Iredell County, North Carolina. Millsaps attempted to evade mobilization by claiming exemption on account of occupation. Three weeks after the date of this letter, on August 8, 1917, he instead secured a discharge from the state’s national guard by way of a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability. Millsaps died in Asheboro (Randolph County) on November 5, 1972.