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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Title
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Military Order, Appointment of Robert T. Preston to rank of Lieutenant Colonel in Virginia Militia, signed by David Campbell, Governor, Va, May 26, 1837 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1837-05-26
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F1_RankAppointmnt_1837_0526
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 1
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Appointment of Robert T. Preston to rank of Colonel in the Virginia Militia, signed by John M. Patton, Lieutenant Governor, Va, May 25, 1840 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1840-05-25
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F1_RankAppointmnt_1840_0525
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 1
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Invitation, Inauguration Ball, Miss Virginia T. Preston, March 5, 1849 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Invitations
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
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Invitation to Miss Virginia T. Preston to the Grand Inauguration Ball of Zachary Taylor (U.S. President) and Millard Filmore (Vice-President), March 5, 1849.
Date
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1849-03-05
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F1_InauguralInvit_1849_0305
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 1
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Certificate, by Governor John Letches regarding the commission to Colonel for Robert Preston, Va, May 5, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Certificates
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-05
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_Commission__1861_0505
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Special Order, No. 45: Assigning Robert Preston to duty at Lynchburg by order of Maj. General Lee, May 11, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
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Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-11
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_SpecOrderNo45_1861_0511
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Military Order, No 7: Assumption of Command, Signed JA Early, Colonel Commanding, Lynchburg, Va, May 17, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
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Lynchburg, Statement of assumption of command of the Virginia Volunteers mustered into service in Lynchburg. Col. R.C.W. Radford will take charge of the companies of cavalry and Col. Robert T. Preston will take charge of the companies of infantry. Signed: JA Early, Colonel Commanding, May 17, 1861
Date
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1861-05-17
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo7_1861_0517
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Order No. 4: List of eight rules to be observed in camps and quarters of the Va. Volunteers, Signed by JA Early, Head Quarters, Lynchburg, Va, May 18, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-18
Creator
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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo4_1861_0518
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Order No. 3: Organization of local companies under Col. Preston, Signed by JA Early, Head Quarters, Lynchburg, Va, May 18, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-18
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo3_1861_0518
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Lieutenant Col. R. S. Brinks under the command of Robert Preston, Signed by JA Early, Head Quarters, Va. Forces, May 18, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-18
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo21_1861_0518
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
-
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Title
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Military Order, No 4: Private Gillian M. Burwell is assigned to the position of secretary, by order of Robert Preston, Camp Lee, Va, May 19, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-19
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo4_1861_0519
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, Sergeant Thomas Lewis appointed to Sergeant Major, by order of Robert Preston, Head Quarters, Camp Lee, May 19, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-19
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo3_1861_0519
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Lt. Edmund Goods is appointed to Captain of the Regiment, by order of Robert T. Preston, Camp Lee, Va, May 19, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-19
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo2_1861_0519
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, No 7: Regarding the ratification or rejection of the Ordinance of Secession, Signed JA Early, Commanding Colonel, May 20, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
An account of the resource
Head Quarters, Virginia Volunteers, Lynchburg. Orders, Collection of the votes of all persons in the military service of the State regarding the ratification or rejection of the Ordinance of Secession as well as the amendment to the Constitution of Virginia upon the subject of Taxation. Signed: JA Early, Colonel Commanding, May 20, 1861.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-20
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo7_1861_0520
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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Military Order, No 5: All company officers of the regiment will take rank in several grades according to the date when each company was mustered, Levels A - K, Camp Lee, Va, May 20, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-20
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo5_1861_0520
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Title
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Military Order, No 8: Regarding Office Hours, Signed R.C. Allen, Camp Lee, May 23, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
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Camp Lee, Reminder to those applying to at the Head Quarters of the commandant, Regiment is reminded office hours are strictly limited to times noted on order of the day. Signed: R. C. Allen, May 23, 1861.
Date
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1861-05-23
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo8_1861_0523
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Military Order, No 7: Captain Fleming Gardner appointed Adjutant General of Virginia Volunteers, Signed JA Early, Col. Commanding, May 23, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-23
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo7_1861_0523
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, No 8: Regarding Movement of Companies, Signed JA Early, Col. Commanding, May 25, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
An account of the resource
Head Quarters, Va. Volunteers, Order No. 8, Instructions that Capt. Jordan's and Hughes' companies are no longer attached to Col. Robert Preston's regiment and must move to Richmond by railroad. Capt. Kent's and Capt. Williams' companies will move in place of the two listed above. Also included are instructions for Robert Preston to move troops to Manassas Junction. Miles Baxton of Capt. Williams company is to be discharged from service and stricken from rolls. By order of JA Early, Col. Commanding, May 25, 1861.
Date
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1861-05-25
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo8_1861_0525
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, Order No. 10 by Col Robert T. Preston, May 26, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
An account of the resource
Order No. 10, Instructions for the camp to be ready to march out at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. By order of Col. Robert T. Preston, May 26, 1861.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-26
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo10_1861_0526
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
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Identifier
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Ms1992-003
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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Title
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Special Order, No. 11: List of men temporarily assigned to extra duty in the quarter masters dept. by order of General Bonham, Camp Pickens, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Description
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From: Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens. Special Order: List of men temporarily detailed on extra duty in the Quarter Masters. Department. Includes Col. Preston and some of his regiment. By order of General Bonham, Signed: Thomas Jordan,
Date
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1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_SpecOrderNo11_1861_0528
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, Instructions for Col. Preston to detail some of his men to 8 o'clock guard duty, by order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Sam. W. Melton, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo17_1861_0528
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Instructions for Men in Col. Preston's Regiment, Signed by Sam. W. Melton, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo15_1861_0528
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Instructions and Expectations of Companies During the 8 o'clock AM Guard Duty Patrol, By Order of Thomas Jordan, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 28, 1861 [copy 2] (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-28
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo14_1861_0528
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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Title
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Military Order, Instructions and Expectations of Companies During the 8 o'clock AM Guard Duty Patrol, By Order of Thomas Jordan, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo13_1861_0528
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Military Order, Order No. 11: Instructions Regarding Men Firing Guns and Pistols Within the Encampment, By Order of Robert T. Preston, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo11_1861_0528
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Letter, from Sam. W. Melton to Robert T. Preston Regarding his Commission, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Letters
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo10_1861_0528
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, General Orders from Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, signed by Thomas Jordan, May 28, 1861 [copy 2] (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
An account of the resource
From: Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens. General Orders: List of eighteen regulations observed in this camp without variation until otherwise directed. By order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed: Thomas Jordan, May 28, 1861 (2nd copy)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-28
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_GeneralOrder_regulations_1861_0528
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, General Orders from Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, Signed by Thomas Jordan, May 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
An account of the resource
From: Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens. General Orders: List of eighteen regulations observed in this camp without variation until otherwise directed. By order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed: Thomas Jordan, May 28, 1861
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-28
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_GeneralOrder_1861_0528
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
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Ms1992-003
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Title
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Military Order, Instructions for Col. Preston to detail his men for general guard duty, by order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 29, 1861 [copy 2] (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
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Military orders
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-29
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo19_1861_0529
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Military Order, Instructions for Col. Preston to detail his men for general guard duty, by order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 29, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-29
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo18_1861_0529
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, Field Officer of the Day for 31st May 1861, by Order of Sam W. Melton, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-30
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo23_1861_0531
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Request that Col. Preston amend the Regiment Report, Signed by W. C. Morgan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Va, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-30
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo22_1861_0530
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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Title
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Military Order, Instructions for Col. Preston to detail his men for general guard duty, by order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-30
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo21_1861_0530
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Announcement that Major Bount is Provost Marshall, By order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-30
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo20_1861_0530
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Request for Col. Preston to detail private to act as orderly, by order of Thomas Jordan, May 31, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-31
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo26_1861_0531
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Special Order, Request for report on the strength of each regiment, by order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, May 31, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-31
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo24_1861_0531
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Order No. 12: Announcement of Inspection, By Order of Col. Robert T. Preston, May 31, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-31
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo12_1861_0531
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
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Ms1992-003
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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Title
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Special Requisition, to Major Gorgas, Chief of Ordinance, for ten kettle drums and two fifes for use in the 28th Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_SpecRequisition_1861
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, Col. Preston will detail at once and daily thereafter a work party to report to Major Thomas H. Williams for work in the trenches, By order of General Bonham, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, Va, June 1, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-01
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo31_1861_0601
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, Instructing Col. Preston to detail his men for general guard duty, By order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed Thomas Jordan, June 1 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-01
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo25_1861_0601
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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General Order, No. 1: Instructions that all members of the command will help entrench camp for defense against all assaults, By order of General Bonham, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, June 1, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-01
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_GeneralOrderNo1_1861_0601
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, Announcement that Hon. William Smith of Virginia has become a volunteer, By order of General Bonham, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, Va, June 1, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-01
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_GeneralOrder_volunteer_1861_0601
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Title
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Military Order, Firing exercises with the artillery tomorrow, By order of General Bonham, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, Va, June 1, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-01
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_GeneralOrder_artillery_1861_0601
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, No. 36: Notification of command switch to General Beauregard from General Bonham, Signed Brig. General. M. Bonham, Camp Pickens, June 2, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-02
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo36_1861_0602
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, No. 35: Col. Preston will detail from his command a party to serve as General Guard for the day, By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, June 2, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-02
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo35_1861_0602
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Order, No. 34: Orders for Col. Preston's men to escort a supply train to Fairfax station, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, June 2, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-02
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo34_1861_0602
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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Identifier
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Ms1992-003
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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Title
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Military Order, No. 33: Inquiry into cartridge and bayonet scabbard requisitions, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, June 2, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
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Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-02
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo33_1861_0602
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Military Order, Brig. General G. T. Beauregard to relieve Brig. General. M. L. Bonham of command of the Alexandria line, Camp Pickens, Va, June 2, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
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From: Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens. General Order: In accordance with Special Order No. 149 of the Head Quarters of Virginia Forces, Richmond assigning me to the command of the Alexandria line. I have relieved Brig. General. M. L. Bonham of said command. Signed: G. T. Beauregard, Brig. General. Commanding, June 2, 1861.
Date
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1861-06-02
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_GeneralOrder_1861_0602
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
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General Order, No. 3: Annulling of the Provost Marshall position, By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, June 3, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-03
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo39_1861_0603
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
General Order, No. 5: Major Thomas Rhett assigned to duty as Acting Inspector General, By order of Genl. Beauregard, Signed Fergason, Camp Pickens, June 3, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-03
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo38_1861_0603
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Military Order, No. 37: Col. Preston will furnish a detail of six men for two days to aid the Quarter Masters Dept. in necessary labor, By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed Thomas Jordan, Camp Pickens, June 3, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
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Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
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Military orders
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-06-03
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo37_1861_0603
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3