Turner Ashby requisition, 1862 February 22

File — Box: WSC002, Folder: W0150.01

Scope and Contents

This special requisition form signed by C.S.A. Colonel Turner Ashby requests four cavalry horses for new "recruits which it is necessary to mount." Ashby's signature appears twice on the form.

Dates

Creation: 1862 February 22

Creator

From the Collection: Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical / Historical

Turner Ashby Jr. (October 23, 1828 – June 6, 1862) was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. He had achieved prominence as Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's cavalry commander, at the grade of colonel, in the Shenandoah Valley before he was killed in the Battle of Good's Farm.