2021-02 Raynors HCA Live
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Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 - June 14, 1864) was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, USA, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk. Polk was one of the more notable, yet controversial, political generals of the war. , Confederate President Jefferson Davis commissioned his elevation to a high military position regardless of his lack of prior combat experience. He commanded troops in the Battle of Shiloh, the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Stones River, the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga, the Chattanooga Campaign, and the Atlanta Campaign. While serving under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, he was killed in action in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. Ink and watercolor manuscript map, 8-1/2" x 10", of the Vicksburg campaign, detailing various rivers and lakes as well as railroads, Vicksburg, Grants headquarters and nearby towns. the legend notation "The red lines represent the different routes taken by enemy gunboats cooperating for possession of the Yazoo River. Where the red lines terminate are the points at which the expeditions have reached and repulsed. March 30th, 1863." The docket notes on the verso in the hand of General Polk, "Lt. Col. Fremantle, with compliments of Lieut. Gen'l Polk, May 29, 1863". Fine. Arthur James Lyon Fremantle, a member of the Coldstream Guards of England, toured the Confederacy for six months in 1863 and is immortalized in the movie Gettysburg.
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