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

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