Turner Ashby (10/23/1828 - 6/2/1862) gained a good-deal of posthumous fame as a Confederate cavalry officer for his screening and reconnaissance operations on behalf of Johnston in 1861 and Stonewall Jackson in 1862. He had some failures and was criticized for his lax training and discipline, not least by Jackson, but was very active in the field, eventually commanding the out-sized 7^th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, which had more than twenty companies, and being appointed, though not surviving to be confirmed, a brigadier general before he was killed in action while leading a charge, though unhorsed, near Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Ashby signatures are scarce. In this document he adds his approval to a December 24, 1861, purchase receipt for five bushels of corn made out by Robert M. Lantz, the lieutenant then commanding Co. C of “Co. Ashbys Reg. of Cavalry” for the use of that company, usually commanded by Capt. Samuel B. Myers. As is typical of army paperwork in a less jaded and more conscientious era, Lantz had to “certify on honor that the above bill is moderate and as low as could be afforded” by the seller.

This would make a nice addition to a Confederate cavalry display, or one specifically devoted to wartime fallen heroes of the Confederacy.  [sr][ph:L]

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