Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Dr. William M. Polk” in chapter 22 of Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States.:
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Considerable surprise was created by Bishop Polk's action in taking a military command early in the war. The circumstances were as follows, as they are detailed to the writer by Dr. William M. Polk , the bishop's son, himself a gallant soldier of the Lost cause:
In June, 1861, Bishop Polk went to Virginia to visit the Louisiana troops in his episcopal capacity.
Governor Harris, of Tennes...
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