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WALTER PRESTON.
Son of John M. Preston. Born in Abingdon, Virginia. Educated for the
bar. He became distinguished in his profession as a lawyer and an orator.
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the States. Was elected to the Confederate Congress in November, 1861,
defeating Fayette McMullen. Died shortly after the war.
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