Henry Marshall Ashby

Henry Marshall Ashby
Portrait of Colonel Henry M. Ashby in uniform
Bornc. 1836
Fauquier County, Virginia
DiedJuly 10, 1868 (Aged 31 or 32)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Buried
Old Gray Cemetery
Knoxville, Tennessee
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Service / branch Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Colonel
Acting Brigadier General
Commands2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Ashby's Cavalry Brigade
Humes's Division (acting)
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Henry Marshall Ashby (c. 1836 – July 10, 1868) was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War (Civil War). Although he commanded a brigade from June 1864 and a division at the Battle of Bentonville and through the surrender of the Confederate force under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, he was never appointed a brigadier general by Confederate President Jefferson Davis or confirmed as a general officer by the Confederate Senate.