1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4461/Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo38_1861_0603a.jpg 2e0f1fe262cce9508b44cccb1dd731de https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4461/Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F3_OrderNo38_1861_0603b.jpg 1d9a4331ba50ad81d491d9f2a9ba82b2 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. 5: Major Thomas Rhett assigned to duty as Acting Inspector General, By order of Genl. Beauregard, Signed Fergason, Camp Pickens, June 3, 1861 (Ms1992-003) Subject The topic of the resource Preston, Robert Taylor, 1809-1880 Preston family, Solitude, Blacksburg, Va. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Local/Regional History and Appalachian South Civil War Blacksburg (Va.) Montgomery County (Va.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Military orders Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a> Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-06-03 Creator 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_B1F3_OrderNo38_1861_0603 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Ms1992-003, Box 1, Folder 3