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Ashby, Turner (1828-1862) to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.01 Author/Creator: Ashby, Turner (1828-1862) Place Written: Camp Evans, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 7, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.6 x 12.7 cm. + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 29 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

State inferred from content. General Ashby reports, "Mr. Duke who has been arrested as a spy and upon his own evidence has done acts that will establish beyond doubt his felony... He is a dangerous person..." A pencil note at the bottom of the page indicates that this letter refers to John H. Duke, a citizen of Sheperdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia). One bust engraving of Ashby included as collateral.

A Camp Evans also existed in South Carolina during the Civil War.

Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862
Duke, John H., fl. 1861

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