Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ashby ta karfi da kuma nunawa sun kasance abubuwan da suka samu nasara a yakin basasa na Jackson a cikin Shenandoah Valley a 1862. Duk da haka, Ashby ya kasa Jackson a wasu lokuta. A yakin farko na Kernstown, Jackson ya kai hari kan wani rukunin kungiyar Tarayyar da ke janyewa wanda Ashby ya kiyasta cewa ya zama rukuni hudu na sojoji, game da girman sojojin Jackson. Ya juya ya zama dukan ƙungiyar mutane 9,000, kuma an tilasta Jackson ya koma baya. A Yaƙin Winchester na Farko
, kamar yadda sojojin Union karkashin Maj. Janar Nathaniel P. Banks suka janye, Ashby ya kasa yankewa saboda sojojinsa suna kwashe motocin da aka kama.