Civil War soldier, Albert Ashley, seated, taken by O. J. Smith, Union photograph Rooms, Newbern, North Carolina. Slight bending to corner. Albert B. Ashley (1839-1916 of Middleborough and Freetown, Massachusetts sailed on two whaling voyages out of New Bedford between 1854 and 1857 on the ships Peri and Admiral Blake. A short biography published in 1906 stated the following: Ashley, Albert B., Freetown; 24. A natural orator, with great magnetic powers. Shipped in United States Navy May, 1861. Served on United States Frigate Mississippi, Gulf Squadron, Lieutenant Dewey (now Rear Admiral), executive officer. Participated in capture of New Orleans. Discharged from Navy, June, 1862. Enlisted in Company A, Third Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Mustered out with regiment. Re-enlisted. Orderly sergeant, Company B, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry from August, 1863, to March, 1865. Commissioned lieutenant in Twenty-first United States Colored Troops, March, 1865. Mustered out May, 1866. Went West, 1869. Manager of several coal mines and coal companies for twenty-two years. Grand Lecturer, State of Illinois, for sixteen years. Owner and manager of Ashley Heights since 1892. A man of wealth and influence. Popular with the mystic orders. Post Office (Summers). Ashley Heights, Lake Huron, Mich. (Winters), La Grange, Ill. 2) General McClellan with his wife. 3) Major General P. H. Sheridan. 4) Illustration of camp life by Matthew Brady, Washington, DC, 1862. Shows crease through the center. 5) Lieutenant Steven F. Spaulding. 6) General McClellan and his wife.