Maj. William C. Preston C.S.A. GHM 060-48
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Maj. William C. Preston C.S.A. GHM 060-48 Howell Mill Rd at Norfleet Dr, Atlanta.
Waymark Code: WM2BFA
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2007
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Maj. William C. Preston C.S.A.
Commanding Artillery Battalion attached to
Alexander P. Stewart's Corps (C.S.A.)- killed in action
while supervising placement of two sections
of Selden's Ala. Battery, Lt. Chas W. Lovelace,
commanding, near the Embry House, July 20th,
1864, during the battle of Peachtree Creek.
This battery was in support of Reynold's Brigade (C.S.A.)
as it swept N.E. across the Embry Plantation and the road
toward the re-entrant angle of the Federal Line N. of the deep
ravine.
Maj. Preston, a native of S. Carolina, was the "Willie Preston"
of Mary Byokins Chestnut's, "A Diary of Dixie."
GHM 060-48
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