Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General
GIFT OF SEELEY W. ML'DD and GEORGE I. COCHRAN MEYER ELSASSER DR.JOHNR. HAYNES WILLIAM L. HONNOLD JAMES R. MARTIN MRS. JOSEPH F. SARTORI to the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN BRANCH stamped below This book is DUE on the last date APfi 2 5 1^^ EJ^D to-af?| ^^^'4 .^P^3.J88 467.1 _P7£7_ v.l Polk - Southern Branch of the University of California Los Angeles Form L 1 E AGX-\ LEONIDAS POLK Volume I . n^ravid, ty Wjn, Sa.rta.2! [LD[£MTro(D®n=oW"?' IPCDlLC^o LEONIDAS POLK BISHOP AND GENERAL BY WILLIAM M. POLK, M. D., LL. D. PKOrESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OP THE CITY OF NEW YORK ; EORMERLY AN OFFICER OP ARTILLERY IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY IN TWO VOLUMES Vol. I NEW YORK LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1894 9185S Copyright, 1893, by William M. Polk, M. D., LL. D, E Pi PI /'I DEDICATED TO THE MEMOEY OF FEANCES DEVEREUX POLK THE WIFE OF LEONIDAS POLK PEEFACE. The author expresses here his indebtedness to the Rev. John Fulton, D.D., for the invaluable aid rendered by him in the preparation of this book. Dr. Fulton's close association with Bishop Polk as Assistant Rector \ and Rector of Trinity Church, New Orleans, during the period covered by Chapters VI. and VII. of Volume I. has enabled him to write more fully and correctly of the ^ events of that period than was possible to any one else. "^ These chapters are therefore presented, practically, as he wrote them. '^ The page headings, chapter headings, and index are % the work of Mr.
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