Signature of Preston Sleet
This file appears in: Perryville's Henry P. Bottom
Preston Sleet was a former slave who testified in the war claim hearings when Henry Bottom's heirs tried to be reimbursed for goods and items taken or destroyed by Union troops during the Battle of Perryville. Sleet, and other witnesses, signed each page of their transcribed testimony. Courtesy of the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
This file appears in: Perryville's Henry P. Bottom
Perryville's Henry P. Bottom
Historical Marker #192 in Boyle County commemorates a Perryville resident who made great sacrifices during the Civil War.
Henry Bottom was a farmer and justice of the peace whose home was caught in…