PRESTON, John Smith

Confederate

Born: April 20 1809, nr Abingdon VA

Died: May 1 1881, Columbia SC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, sugar planter, politician

War Service: 1861 aide to Beauregard, Lt. Col. as assistant adjutant general, recruiting duty in South Carolina, April 1863 Col., superintendent of Bureau of Conscription, June 1864 Brig. Gen..

Post War: Traveled abroad, returned to US.