Leonidas Polk: Bishop and General
NY: Longmans, Green & Co., 1915. New Edition (Two Volumes). Hard Bound. Beautiful set, VG+ both volumes. The rarer green cloth binding. / None. Item #605
TWO VOLUMES
Written by the vet’s son. Bishop Polk is an important figure in the University of the South’s history. He was a slave holding Tennessean and big in the Episcopal Church particularly when the chrch split North and South.. “ He commanded troops in the Battle of Shiloh, the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Stones River, the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga, the Chattanooga Campaign, and the Atlanta Campaign. He is remembered for his bitter disagreements with his immediate superior, the likewise-controversial General Braxton Bragg of the Army of Tennessee, and for his general lack of success in combat. While serving under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, he was killed in action in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign.” Wikipedia.
Nevins II-83: “…value lies in its many reproduced documents…” Dornbusch II-3060.The New Edition set.
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