Record #:

17155

Author(s):

Battle, George Gordon

Abstract:

Captain Samuel A'Court Ashe of Raleigh, who died recently just two weeks shy of his ninety-eighth birthday, was the last surviving officer of the Confederate Army. Battle discusses his career as well as bill proposed in the North Carolina Legislature to erect a memorial to him in Capitol Square in Raleigh.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 35, Jan 1939, p5, por

Subject(s):

Memorials--Raleigh