Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Preston” in chapter 5 of Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia:

...skirmishes Capt. J. M. Ferguson was painfully wounded. Approaching Buckhannon, by a skillful disposition of his cavalry and a gallant attack of three parties under Colonel Corns, Captain Spotts and Captain Preston , the enemy was defeated, with a loss of 15 wounded and 20 prisoners, including the commanding officer, Captain Marsh. Lieut.-Col. A. F. Cook, Eighth Virginia, and three others of Jenkins' men were wo...
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