Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e tamariki ana, i whakahaerehia e ia tetahi kamupene hoia eke hoiho kore e mohiotia ana ko nga Mountain Rangers, i uru ki te 7th Virginia Cavalry ("Ashby's Brigade"). I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga o te Whenua, i tukuna a Ashby me ana hoia ki te mana o Virginia Militia o Colonel Thomas J. Ko "Stonewall" Jackson te ingoa. Ahakoa
Ko te pakanga a Jackson Valley he mea nui ki te tirotiro me te tirotiro a Ashby, i whakahe a Ashby e Jackson mo te whakangungu me te whakatikatika o ana tangata. I te wa i mate ai a Ashby, e arahi ana i ana tangata i te Pakanga o Good's Farm e tata ana ki Harrisonburg, kua riro i a ia tana whetu rangatira. Heoi, ko te taumata mana o Ashby e tautohetia ana i te mea kaore i whakapumautia te whakatairanga tae noa ki muri i tona matenga.