Father of Virginia Military Institute - Shaffner, Randolph P.

Biography of Col. J.T.L. Preston unfolds the life of a teacher, soldier, husband, and father, who defined the school as it exists today, served Stonewall Jackson as his first adjutant general, married the Poetess of the confederacy, and fathered a family whose members proudly bore the stamp of their father's inviolable character in both civilian and military life.