Record #:

5487

Author(s):

Cooke, Robert J.

Abstract:

William Ashe was a man who saw what needed to be done and gave 100 percent effort to do it. Cooke discusses his life in politics before the Civil War and his assignment as Assistant Quartermaster in charge of all rail transportation east of the Mississippi during the war.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Mar 2001, p1-8, il, por, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ashe, William Sheppard, 1813-1862