Turner Ashby

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Turner Ashby was a Confederate cavalry officer and partisan leader in the American Civil War, known for his daring reconnaissance and raiding operations in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Turner Ashby canonical 1
Turner Ashby Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War participant
Confederate military officer
person
allegiance Confederate States of America
associatedWith Army of Northern Virginia
Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)
birthDate 1828-10-23
birthPlace Fauquier County, Virginia
causeOfDeath killed in action
commanded 7th Virginia Cavalry
Ashby’s Cavalry
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States
deathDate 1862-06-06
deathPlace Harrisonburg, Virginia
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Ashby
fullName Turner Ashby Jr.
linked to: Turner Ashby
gender male
givenName Turner
hasNotableLegacy romanticized Confederate cavalry hero in Lost Cause narratives
knownFor cavalry reconnaissance in the Shenandoah Valley
raiding operations in the American Civil War
language English
militaryBranch Confederate States Army
militaryRank colonel
militaryUnitType cavalry
notableBattle Valley Campaigns of 1862
notableFor partisan leadership
screening and covering movements of Stonewall Jackson’s forces
occupation cavalry commander
soldier
placeOfBurial Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
regionOfActivity Virginia
servedUnder Stonewall Jackson
sideInCivilWar Confederacy
stateOfOrigin Virginia
theaterOfOperations Shenandoah Valley
yearOfBirth 1828
yearOfDeath 1862

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Turner Ashby fullName Turner Ashby Jr.
linked to: Turner Ashby