Veteran of Confederate Army with rank of Brigadier General. Fought in Wheeler's Cavalry as Colonel of the 2nd (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Was son of Marshall and Lucinda Cocke Ashby. Had moved to Chattanooga by 1860. Wife was Laura Purse. General Ashby was killed by an ardent Unionist, E.C. Camp, at Knoxville on July 10, 1868.
Two folders of images of documents pertaining to the Civil War service of Henry M. Ashby are freely available online from the National Archives (NARA):
61 images at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/179834994
38 images at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/179786891
Veteran of Confederate Army with rank of Brigadier General. Fought in Wheeler's Cavalry as Colonel of the 2nd (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Was son of Marshall and Lucinda Cocke Ashby. Had moved to Chattanooga by 1860. Wife was Laura Purse. General Ashby was killed by an ardent Unionist, E.C. Camp, at Knoxville on July 10, 1868.
Two folders of images of documents pertaining to the Civil War service of Henry M. Ashby are freely available online from the National Archives (NARA):
61 images at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/179834994
38 images at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/179786891
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