Qualla: Turner Ashby Monument https://qualla.com/turner-ashby-monument en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/f/turner-ashby-monument-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Turner Ashby Monument https://qualla.com/turner-ashby-monument Turner Ashby Monument: Introduction https://qualla.com/turner-ashby-monument/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. Five thousand people came to the dedication in 1898. The Civil War had ended thirty-three years earlier, but the South was in the middle of building its second Confederacy - not the one that lost on battlefields, but the one constructed in granite, brass, and history textbooks across the next several decades. The Turner Ashby Monument is a rough granite shaft with a pyramidal top, set on a limestone base, marking the spot where the 33-year-old Confederate cavalry colonel had been shot through the heart in 1862 during the small skirmish at Good's Farm. The monument's dedication, like hundreds of similar ones across the South in those years, was meant to do something specific: shape how the war would be remembered.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/f/turner-ashby-monument-wp/dnzf-turner-ashby-monument-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Turner Ashby Monument: The Death It Marks https://qualla.com/turner-ashby-monument/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. Turner Ashby was killed on June 6, 1862, near Harrisonburg during the Battle of Good's Farm - a small action that was nonetheless part of Stonewall Jackson's storied Valley Campaign. He was 33 and had just been nominated for promotion to brigadier general. His cavalry had been sc...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/f/turner-ashby-monument-wp/dnzf-turner-ashby-monument-what-the-wikipedia-article-quietly-says.mp3 0:06 4 full Turner Ashby Monument: The Monument Today https://qualla.com/turner-ashby-monument/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. The Turner Ashby Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 - one of many monuments added to the registry as architectural and historical landmarks rather than as endorsements of what they commemorate. The site is a small privately maintained park at ...

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