| LC control no. | n 00113533 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896 |
| Variant(s) | Colston, R. E. (Raleigh Edward), 1825-1896 |
| Associated country | United States Egypt |
| Associated place | Cairo (Egypt) Hillsborough (N.C.) Virginia North Carolina |
| Birth date | 1825-10-01 |
| Death date | 1896-07-29 |
| Place of birth | Paris (France) |
| Place of death | Richmond (Va.) |
| Field of activity | Military art and science French language--Study and teaching |
| Affiliation | Virginia Military Institute Hillsboro' Military Acadmey (Hillsborough, N.C.) Lee Camp Soldiers' Home (Richmond, Va.) Confederate States of America. Army |
| Profession or occupation | French teachers Armed Forces--Officers Mercenary troops |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Early, Jubal Anderson. Papers of Jubal Anderson Early, 1829-1930 (Colston, Raleigh E.) LC database, Aug. 18, 2000 (Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896) WWWA, His. vol., 1943 (Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896; prof. French at VMI; Confed. general; on military staff of the Khedive of Egypt, 1873-1879; decorated by the Sultan of Turkey; died in Richmond, Va.) The British campaign in the Soudan for the rescue of Gordon, 1885: p. 125 (General R.E. Colston, of Washington, D.C.) Wikipedia, November 3, 2019 (Raleigh E. Colston; Raleigh Edward Colston (October 1, 1825-July 29, 1896) was a French-born American professor, soldier, cartographer, and writer; born in Paris, France; adopted son of Maria Theresa, 2nd Duchess of Valmy (c. 1775-1845) and Dr. Raleigh Edward Colston (1796-1881); Colston entered the Virginia Military Institute in 1843 and graduated July 4, 1846; Following his graduation, he taught French and military science at VMI; in early 1861, Colston was commissioned as the colonel of the 16th Virginia Infantry; In early 1865, he was in command of the defense of Lynchburg, Virginia; Colston established a pair of military schools; In May 1873, Colston arrived in Egypt having been hired by the Khedive of Egypt, Isma'il Pasha; In 1879, he returned to the United States; lived the rest of his life as an invalid in the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Richmond, Virginia) Hillsboro' Military Academy, 1866?: page 4 (R.E. Colston, superintendent) |
| Associated language | eng fre |
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