1p, 7.75 x 9.75 in., partially printed appointment for Ashby as Captain in the second Regiment of Cavalry of the 5th Brigade and 2d Division of the Virginia Militia and dated 3 August 1859. After serving in Congress from 1833 to 1844, Wise was appointed as minister to Brazil for the next 3 years. He was elected Governor of Virginia and served in that capacity from 1856 - 1860. He was a delegate to the secession convention the following year, and while opposed to an immediate severing of relations with the Union, when Virgina seceded, Wise joined the Confederate army as a Brigadier General, and was with Lee, urging his surrender at Appomattox Court House. Turner Ashby (1828-1862) served as a Confederate Cavalry Brigadier General. He mustered into Co. A, VA 7th Cavalry on July 1, 1861 as a Captain, and was commissioned into CS General & Staff on May 23, 1862. Ashby gained prominence as Stonewall Jackson's cavalry commander in the Valley Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862. Despite his vigorous reconnaissance and screening efforts in this campaign, Ashby was KIA on June 6, 1862 at Cross Keys, VA. Condition: Light toning, expected folds, scattered foxing, wafer seal intact.
1p, 7.75 x 9.75 in., partially printed appointment for Ashby as Captain in the second Regiment of Cavalry of the 5th Brigade and 2d Division of the Virginia Militia and dated 3 August 1859. After serving in Congress from 1833 to 1844, Wise was appointed as minister to Brazil for the next 3 years. He was elected Governor of Virginia and served in that capacity from 1856 - 1860. He was a delegate to the secession convention the following year, and while opposed to an immediate severing of relations with the Union, when Virgina seceded, Wise joined the Confederate army as a Brigadier General, and was with Lee, urging his surrender at Appomattox Court House. Turner Ashby (1828-1862) served as a Confederate Cavalry Brigadier General. He mustered into Co. A, VA 7th Cavalry on July 1, 1861 as a Captain, and was commissioned into CS General & Staff on May 23, 1862. Ashby gained prominence as Stonewall Jackson's cavalry commander in the Valley Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862. Despite his vigorous reconnaissance and screening efforts in this campaign, Ashby was KIA on June 6, 1862 at Cross Keys, VA. Condition: Light toning, expected folds, scattered foxing, wafer seal intact.
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