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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, To Col. Preston. Detail for tomorrow. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Davis Mitchell, Camp Pickens, June 16, 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
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
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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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1861-06-16
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_B1F5_Order_GuardDuty_1861_0616
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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, Detail for fatigue duty. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 16, 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.
Date
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1861-06-16
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_B1F5_Order_FatigueDuty_1861_0616
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
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. 8: All unattached regiments see that the requirements of General Order No. 17 be completed. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 16, 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
1861-06-16
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
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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo8_1861_0616
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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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General Order, No. 7: The Commander directs that General Order No. 12 of Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria be published at evening parade. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 16, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (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
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
1861-06-16
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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo7_1861_0616
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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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General Order, No. 17 [Copy 2]: All officers of the Quarter Master's department, prepare to advance at short notice. All troops will be furnished with ten days rations and forty rounds of ammunition. By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed: Thomas Jordan, Manassas Junction, June 16, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (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.
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This is a second copy of General Order No. 17
Date
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1861-06-16
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
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English
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo17_1861_0616_II
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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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Dublin Core
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Title
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General Order, No. 17: All officers of the Quarter Master's department, prepare to advance at short notice. All troops will be furnished with ten days rations and forty rounds of ammunition. By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed: Thomas Jordan, Manassas Junction, June 16, 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
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
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
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1861-06-16
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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo17_1861_0616
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
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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Title
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Letter, Terrett to Col. Preston, June 16, 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
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
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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1861-06-16
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_B1F5_1861_0616
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Special Order, No. 13: Strict orders will be given to the general guard to prevent the sale of ardent spirits in camp. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 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
1861-06-18
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_B1F5_SpecOrderNo13_1861_0618
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
Special Order, No. 12: Detail a party to inspect the guard pickets on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 18, 1861 (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
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.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-18
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_B1F5_SpecOrderNo12_1861_0618
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
-
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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
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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, To Col. Preston. Directions for transfers. Signed: Thomas Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 18, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
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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
Letters
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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1861-06-18
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_B1F5_RhettToPreston1861_0618
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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>
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Title
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General Order, No. 9: The Colonel commanding regrets that it has been found necessary to reiterate General Order No. 16 of Head Quarters, Dept. of Alexandria. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 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
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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1861-06-18
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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo9_1861_0618
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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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General Order, No. 19: Transfer and Dispositions of Companies. By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed: Thomas Jordan, Manassas Junction, June 18, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
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
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1861-06-18
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
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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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo19_1861_0618
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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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Letter, To Col. Preston. A party of your men, yesterday, fired their weapons at an embankment. Several of the balls hit the hospital. Use stringent measures in putting a stop to this neglect of orders. Signed: Thomas Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 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
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
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
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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1861-06-18
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_B1F5_1861_0618
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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, Detail for tomorrow. By order of Col. Terrett, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 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
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
1861-06-19
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_B1F5_Order_1861_0619
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
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
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, Marching Instructions with respect to Special Order No. 20, By Order of Phillip Cocke, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, June 21, 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
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
1861-06-21
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_B1F5_Order_1861_0621a
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
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
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, To Col. Preston, Send one battallion to march for Mitchell's force, Signed: Phillip Cocke, Camp Pickens, June 21, 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
1861-06-21
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_B1F5_Order_1861_0621
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
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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
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
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
General Order, No. 20: Organization of the First Corps. of Army of the Potomac. By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed: Thomas Jordan, Manassas Junction, June 21, 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
Montgomery County (Va.)
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.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-21
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Beauregard, G. T., General, (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo20_1861_0621
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5
-
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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
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
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
General Order, No. 1: General Order No. 19 of Head Quarters, Dept. of Alexandria will be carried into effect today. By order of Col. Terrett, To Col. Preston, Signed: Thomas J. Rhett, Camp Pickens, June 21, 1861 (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
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.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-06-21
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_B1F5_GeneralOrderNo10_1861_0621
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 5