Preston, William

Life Span
to
Full name
William Preston
Place of Birth
Louisville, KY
Burial Place
Louisville, KY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
Harvard
Yale
Occupation
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Whig
Government
Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
Confederate government (1861-65)
Diplomat
State legislature
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
- In Georgia, advancing Union forces suffer a very heavy defeat near Chickamauga Creek
How to Cite This Page: "Preston, William," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6430.