Dear Mr. Groves:

Henry Marshall Ashby was born in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was a
cousin of Turner Ashby and was a member of the Asby family for whom
Ashby's Gap was named.

I am currently working on an article about Ashby's 2nd Tennessee Cavalry
of which many of my relatives fougght.

Best regards!

Doug Smith
--- In TerrysTexasRangers@yahoogroups.com, "Troy Groves"
<troy.groves@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/cavclash/app-d.htm
>
> Colonel Henry M. Ashby (Hood 1906; McDowell et al. 1906)
> Commanding, Ashby's Brigade, Humes' Division
>
> Age: 24
> Born: Knox County, Tennessee
>
> Service Record:
> Spring 1861, Assisted in raising a Cavalry Company from Knox County,
elected
> Captain, C.S.V.
> Summer 1861, Commanding, Squadron, 3rd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry
> May 1862, elected Colonel
> May 1862, Commanding, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
> December 1862, Commanding, 2nd Regiment, under General Braxton Bragg
> Spring-Summer 1863, Commanding, 2nd Regiment, under E. Kirby-Smith
> Autumn 1863, Commanding, 2nd Regiment, Army of Tennessee
> Winter 1863, Commanding, 2nd Regiment, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Army
of
> Tennessee
> May 1864, Commanding, Brigade, Humes' Division, Wheeler's Cavalry
Corps,
> Army of Tennessee
>
> Battles and Campaigns:
> East Tennessee and Kentucky, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, participated
in
> three raids into Kentucky (WIA, right heel bone shot away), Atlanta
> Campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas Campaign
>
> Profile:
> "From the first to the last of his service Col. Ashby was on the
front,
> always in the face of the enemy; and his ability, vigilance, and
efficiency
> are attested by the fact that at no time during the four years of
service
> was any body of troops, large or small, under his command surprised by
the
> enemy. No officer of any rank was more devotedly loved or implicitly
trusted
> by his troops. Whether in camp, on the march, or in battle, Henry M.
Ashby
> was a born soldier" - 1st Lt. James P. Coffin
> Acting Assistant Adjutant General - Ashby's Brigade
>