Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin da yake matashi, ya shirya wani kamfani na doki wanda ba a sani ba a matsayin Mountain Rangers, wanda ya zama wani ɓangare na 7th Virginia Cavalry ("Ashby's Brigade"). Da barkewar yakin basasa, an sanya Ashby da sojojinsa zuwa rundunar 'yan bindiga ta Virginia ta Colonel Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. (Wani mutum ne mai suna Stonewall) Ko da yake
Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Jackson Valley ya yi yawa ga binciken da Ashby ya yi da kuma nunawa, Ashby ya soki Jackson saboda rashin horo da horo na mutanensa. A lokacin da aka kashe Ashby, ya jagoranci mutanensa a yakin Good's Farm kusa da Harrisonburg, ya karbi tauraronsa. Duk da haka, ana kalubalantar matsayin Ashby na hukuma kamar yadda ba a tabbatar da haɓakawa ba har sai bayan mutuwarsa.