[Rarebooks] fs: Gen. Turner Ashby, Centaur of the South

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Thomas, Clarence. GENERAL TURNER ASHBY, THE CENTAUR OF THE SOUTH, A 
MILITARY SKETCH.
Winchester, VA: Eddy Press Corporation, 1907. First printing, Original 
cloth, Octavo, xii, 211 pages, black and white plates. Good, Ex-Library.
          Uncommon Confederate biography with annotations by one who 
served with Ashby and witnessed some of the incidents described. One 
lengthy annotation concerns Col. Ashby's report that Union forces were 
withdrawing from the Valley, which led to Jackson's defeat at Kernstown. 
Despite that mistake, Ashby showed great promise as Stonewall Jackson's 
cavalry commander in the Shenandoah Campaign of 1862. The Virginia 
native had been promoted to Brigadier General just 10 days before being 
killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia June 6, 1862. DORNBUSCH Vol. II, 
#2587. This copy deaccessioned from a private institutional library with 
their catalogue number at base of spine and a few stamps in front 
matter. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled 
in gilt. A patch of spotting to lower fore corner of upper board, mild 
extremity wear to binding.......    $300.00
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