Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby, C.S.A. Marker

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Markham in Fauquier County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby, C.S.A.

By Craig Swain, June 23, 2007

1. Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby, C.S.A. Marker

Inscription. Turner Ashby, Stonewall Jackson’s cavalry commander during the brilliant 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, was born on 23 Oct. 1828 just north at Rose Bank. From 1853 to 1858, Ashby operated a mercantile business in a large frame building just to the south, at the foot of the hill on which stands his home, Wolf’s Crag. An unsuccessful candidate for the House of Delegates in 1858, he left his home in April 1861 to serve the Confederacy as a captain of his Mountain Rangers. Ashby was killed in action on 6 June 1862 near Harrisonburg, Virginia, and is buried in Winchester.

Erected 1997 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number FF 10.)

Location. 38° 54.339′ N, 77° 59.722′ W. Marker is in Markham, Virginia, in Fauquier County. Marker is at the intersection of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55) and Leeds Manor Road (County Route 688) on John Marshall Highway. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Markham VA 22643, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Lee’s Bivouac, Gettysburg Campaign (here, next to this marker); The Hollow (approx. 0.3 miles away); In Memory of Officers of the C.S.A. (approx. 3.8 miles away); Death of 2d Lt. James “Big Yankee” Ames (approx. 3.9 miles away); Delaplane (approx. 4 miles away); Piedmont Station (approx. 4 miles away); Discovery Shenandoah Valley (approx. 4.3 miles away); Warren County/Fauquier County (approx. 4.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Markham.