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POLK, LEONIDAS

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POLK, LEONIDAS
(1806 - 1864) Confederate lieutenant general who was a Bishop of Louisiana before the war, led with distinction at Belmont and Shiloh and was killed by cannon fire at Kennesaw Mountain. War-date E.S. "L. Polk" with rank in another hand, on CSA Officers' Pay Account form, 1p. large 4to., [n. p.], Nov. 27, 1861, dispensing pay to Lt. W. W. Faulkner of the "Guides" for the last quarter of 1861 and showing that two months yielded him $222.00. Paper loss in blank upper right hand corner, else very good.