Call #: Shortt FC3501 .S27 v.8 no.3 1955
Author: Preston, John Alexander Victor
Title: The Diary of Lieut. J.A.V. Preston, 1885
Notes: John Alexander Victor Preston was a lieutenant in "D" Company of the Midland Battalion. He was not engaged in any major battles. His diary contains information about other aspects of the campaign: the arduous journey over the partially completed CPR line north of Lake Superior, the journey down the South Saskatchewan from Saskatchewan Landing to Clark's Crossing, and the return journey via Lake Winnipeg.
Subject: Northwest Rebellion, 1885 - Transports
Northwest Field Force - 1885
Journal: Saskatchewan History, vol. VIII, no. 3, Autumn 1955, pp. 95-107.

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