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Ashby, Turner, 1824-
Military officer; born in Rose Hill, Fauquier co., Va., in 1824.
When the Civil War began he raised a regiment of Confederate cavalry, which soon became celebrated.
He covered the retreat of Stonewall Jackson from attacks by General Banks and General Fremont, skirmishing with the vanguard of each; and he was made a brigadier-general in the Confederate army in 1862.
He was killed in an encounter preceding the battle of Cross Keys, June 6, 1862.