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]
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| Location | 1164 Turner Ashby Ln., Harrisonburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°25′23″N 78°51′53″W / 38.42306°N 78.86472°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| NRHP reference No. | 100001080[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 12, 2017 |
The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ashby had been issued a promotion to brigadier general ten days before his death, but it was never approved by the Confederate Senate.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Turner Ashby Monument" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-31.