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About John S. Preston
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.
Everything about John S. Preston →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of South Carolina
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 20, 1809
- Died
- May 1, 1881