Ashby

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2016-08-22 11:08
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Turner Ashby
Display Name: 
Ashby
Sort Name: 
Ashby, Turner
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Confederate Cavalry Officer
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin Commissary in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Thursday, October 23, 1828
Origin: 
Virginia
Cause of Death: 
War
Biography: 

Turner Ashby led a cavalry brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. The historical event Cass refers to - how "by chance" Turner Ashby lost and the Union army found "Lee's battle-order" for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion of the North in 1862 - is a famous piece of Civil War history; the order itself, Special Order 191, is often referred to as the 'Lost Dispatch' or the 'Lost Order' (272).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 
Date of Death: 
Monday, June 2, 1862

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