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Dublin Core
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Title
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
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1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms1992-003
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Document
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Title
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Military Order, Announcement that Major Bount is Provost Marshall, By order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Montgomery County (Va.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
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1861-05-30
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
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English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo20_1861_0530
Is Part Of
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Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
An account of the resource
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862. The materials include several military orders signed by such members of the Confederate Army as Jubal Early, John B. Floyd, and George E. Pickett, as well as orders written by Preston himself. Also included is a manuscript draft of a broadside written by Preston from Solitude on May 13, 1863, as a call to arms to the men of Roanoke and Montgomery County to repel the Union Army which was in the immediate vicinity; and a pardon signed by President Andrew Jackson on September 10, 1865, granting Preston amnesty for his offenses committed in the recent rebellion.
Robert Taylor Preston was born at Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1809 to James Patton and Nancy Ann Taylor Preston. He was a student at Hampden-Sydney College from 1825 to 1828. He qualified as a captain of the 75th Regiment of the (Virginia?) Militia in 1830 and was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County in 1837. In 1833, he married Mary Hart (1802-1882) and they had three children: Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898), Benjamin Hart (1836-1851), and James Patton (1838-1901). Robert Taylor Preston built his residence "Solitude" in the early 1830s. At the start of the Civil War he was appointed a colonel of the volunteers in the Provisional Army of Virginia. In July 1861, he was appointed a colonel of the 28th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America, where he served until the infantry's reorganization in April 1862. Beginning in August 1864 he served as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel of the 4th Virginia Reserves, and surrendered with the troops of General J. E. Johnston in North Carolina in April 1865. In 1872, he sold the land to the state to establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College on the condition he and his wife could live in the house until their deaths. Robert Taylor Preston died in 1881. Mary Preston died in 1881.
Creator
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Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1829/1871
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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
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, Field Officer of the Day for 31st May 1861, by Order of Sam W. Melton, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery County (Va.)
Blacksburg (Va.)
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-30
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo23_1861_0531
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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, Instructions for Col. Preston to detail his men for general guard duty, by order of Brig. General Bonham, Signed by Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Va, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Civil War
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-30
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo21_1861_0530
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2
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Dublin Core
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, Request that Col. Preston amend the Regiment Report, Signed by W. C. Morgan, Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Va, May 30, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Montgomery County (Va.)
Civil War
Blacksburg (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Military orders
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1861-05-30
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00529.xml.frame" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Robert Taylor Preston Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank">Permission to publish from the Robert Taylor Preston Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo22_1861_0530
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 2