Item #470 Leonidas Polk: Bishop and General. William M. Polk.
Leonidas Polk: Bishop and General.
Leonidas Polk: Bishop and General.

Leonidas Polk: Bishop and General.

NY: Longmans, Green, 1915. Second. Hard Cover. Two Volumes, both VG+. / None. Item #470

TWO VOLUMES. WRITTEN BY THE BISHOP'S SON.

These are the New Edition published in 1915. The introduction states that new information has been added to the rare first editions of 1893. Polk was a member of the clergy as well as a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army. He served in the Army of Tennessee as the commander of the First Corps until his improbable death in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. He was a slave holder, West Point graduate, and an important personage at the University of the South. His military successes were lackluster. He joined the legion of Confederates who disliked Braxton Bragg.

Nevins II-85.

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