John Preston Young (1847–1934) was an American Confederate veteran, judge and historian.
John Preston Young was born on April 18, 1847, in Chulahoma, Mississippi.
[2] In 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War, Young joined the Confederate States Army, serving under General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
[7] Young served as the secretary for the Forrest Monument Association in Memphis, and later served as the master of ceremonies at the Nathan Bedford Forrest monument dedication in 1905.
[2][5] Young's article entitled Hood's Failure at Spring Hill was published in the January 1908 issue of the Confederate Veteran, "the most in demand of any published after the turn of the century, probably because of Judge Young's sixteen-page article and battle map regarding that controversial subject.