John Smith Preston was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was also a wealthy planter and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century. An ardent secessionist, he was the state's delegate dispatched to help convince the Virginia Secession Convention to join South Carolina in seceding from the antebellum Union in the months prior to the start of the American Civil War.
CIRCULAR CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION, January 19, 1864. No. 3. Richmond, Va., January 19, 1864. In view of the great increase of special applications for exemption and…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 25, 1864. General HOWELL COBB, Atlanta, Ga.: Congress has not yet acted. Itisnot thought expedient to organize new companies, but to…
GENERAL ORDERS, } ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 5, 1864. No. 15. { Richmond, February 5, 1864. I. General Orders, No. 137, series of 1863, is hereby revoked. II.…
GENERAL ORDERS, } ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 5, 1864. No. 15. { Richmond, February 5, 1864. I. General Orders, No. 137, series of 1863, is hereby revoked. I.…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 16, 1864. No. 34. Richmond, March 16, 1864. I. The following act of Congress and orders are published for the information of…
Richmond Richmond, March 18, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: Governor Watts, of Alabama, in his letter to the President, dated 8th of March,* and handed by…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 19, 1864. No. 35. Richmond, March 19, 1864. I. Officers on inspection duty, while traveling under the immediate orders of the War…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 21, 1864. No. 36. Richmond, March 21, 1864. I. Special attention is directed to the Ninetieth Article of War, and paragraph 877,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION, April 7, 1864. No. 15. Richmond, Va., April 7, 1864. In pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of War, commandants of conscripts will grant details…
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION, April 18, 1864. No. 18. Richmond, Va., April 18, 1864. In pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of War, commandants of conscripts will grant details…
Richmond Richmond, October 18, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: I have the honor to inclose you a copy of a note I have this day addressed…
Richmond Richmond, October 22, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: Perhaps it may aid to some extent the effort to adjust the confusion in the recruiting and…
Richmond Richmond, February 20, 1865. General ROBERT E. LEE, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States: GENERAL: I will attempt to express in the fewest possible words the views I ventured to…