Turner Ashby Monument

Turner Ashby Monument
Location 1164 Turner Ashby Ln., Harrisonburg, Virginia
Coordinates 38°25′23″N 78°51′53″W / 38.42306°N 78.86472°W / 38.42306; -78.86472Coordinates: 38°25′23″N 78°51′53″W / 38.42306°N 78.86472°W / 38.42306; -78.86472
Area 1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built 1898 (1898)
NRHP reference # 100001080[1]
Added to NRHP June 12, 2017

The Turner Ashby Monument is a memorial placed in 1898 to mark the place at which Confederate Army Colonel[2] Turner Ashby was killed in the 1862 Battle of Good's Farm. It is located at the end of Turner Ashby Lane in a small privately maintained park that is open to the public. It consists of a granite shaft, its sides finished roughly except for the inscription panel, with a similarly cut pyramidal top. It is set on a limestone base. Its 1898 dedication ceremony was attended by 5,000 people, and typifies emblems of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.[3]

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Ashby had been issued a promotion to brigadier general ten days before his death, but it was never approved by the Confederate Senate.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Turner Ashby Monument" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
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