Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nnyocha na nnyocha siri ike nke Ashby bụ ihe ndị mere ka ihe ịga nke ọma nke mkpọsa Ndagwurugwu Jackson na Ndagwurugwu Shenandoah na 1862. Otú ọ dị, Ashby mehiere Jackson n'ụfọdụ oge. N'agha nke mbụ nke Kernstown, Jackson wakporo ndị Union na-alaghachi azụ nke Ashby kwuru na ọ bụ ndị agha anọ nke ndị agha, dịka ike nke Jackson. Ọ bịara bụrụ otu ìgwè ndị agha dị puku mmadụ itoolu, a manyekwara Jackson ịlaghachi azụ. Na
Agha nke mbụ nke Winchester, ka ndị agha Union n'okpuru Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks na-alaghachi azụ, Ashby enweghị ike ịkwụsị ịlaghachi azụ ha n'ihi na ndị agha ya na-apụnara ụgbọ ala ndị ha jidere.