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Photograph

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Rocktown History

Turner Ashby Memorial

Turner Ashby Memorial

Name/Title

Y

Entry/Object ID

Photo4673.02

Description

Turner Ashby Memorial information. Harrisonburg, Va. Memorial - On Wooded Chestnut Ridge, the evening of Friday June 6, 1862, Pennsylvania Bucktails under Col. Kane were defeated in a hard fight with the 58th Va. Under Col. Letcher (cousin of Gov. John Letcher) and Gen. Turner Ashby and the First Md. under Col. Bradley Johnson. Gen. Ashby killed; Col. Kane captured. Stonewall Jackson said of Gen. Ashby; "I never knew of his superior, his daring was proverbial".

Collection

Collection 002

Made/Created

Date made

2018

Notes

Medium: Digital Image

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Scanned photo

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 20, 2019

Provenance

Notes

Photograph by Seymour Paul

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

April 20, 2019

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 26, 2026