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11/04/2011

What's Left Of Chestnut Ridge where Turner Ashby was killed

HERE

And a few links on the good Colonel who came from where I was raised, Fauquier County.

"The Black Knight of the Confederacy"
Ashby often competed in local tournaments reminiscent of those of medieval England. He was an accomplished horseman, brave and daring. Ashby seldom failed to win first honors in these tournaments. (These are still performed in Markham. My old girl friend's father still presides over these at 94. BT)

Chestnut Ridge Death of Ashby

Battle of Harrisonburg, VA Death of Gen. Turner Ashby

From Free North Carolina

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