Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Polk” in article 1 of The Daily Dispatch: November 13, 1861., [Electronic resource]:

...; others have been conferred, originally, upon persons holding no previous commission. We believe the oldest commission of Major-General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States is that of General Polk . We think we are not mistaken in saying that these commissions have, in every case, so far, been conferred on graduates of West Point. Whether it be the intention of the President to confine hims...
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