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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.21 (search)
A modern Horatius. [from the Louisville, Ky., courier-journal, January 9, 1894.] Defence of a Bridge by one Confederate against an attack by Forty Federals. He Kills three and wounds eight of his assailants after losing a hand. [This article has been received from a distinguished Confederate officer. If the account may be questioned, let it be disproved.—Ed.] [Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.] Bristol, Tenn., January 7, 1894. I had an interview yesterday with a man who performed an act of heroism during the civil war, of equally cool courage, and under circumstances of far greater personal danger, than that for which Horatious Codes has been celebrated in song and story for more than 2,000 years, for the soldiers of Lars Porsenna were not armed with modern guns, as were the assailants of this Nineteenth century hero—neither was he equipped with shield and coat of mail, as was the brave defender of the bridge across the Tiber. James Keelin was a member of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.27 (search)
The career of Leonidas Polk. [from the New Orleans Picayune, January 7, 1894.] The soldier who abandoned the army for the Church, And became a General when the war between the States broke out, Earning a reputation for gallantry which Survives hostile criticism an interesting figure in American history. The New York Tribune, eminently a Northern journal, in a review of Dr. William M. Polk's book on Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General, says: In the far future, when the affairs of the present century may be viewed with philosophical indifference, it will perhaps occur to some student of mankind that the career of Leonidas Polk was of significance in the history of civilization. Such a student will be reminded that only certain periods have been marked by the appearance, as warriors, of men of rank in any religious system. In Europe this phenomenon has hardly been observed since the close of the Middle Ages, and the tendency there of the Nineteenth century has been such as