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Size | 7 items |
Abstract | Trusten Polk was a lawyer of St. Louis, Mo.; governor of Missouri, 1857; United States senator from Missouri, 1857-1862; colonel, Confederate States of America; and a military judge, 1864-1865. The collection contains Polk's diary, January-October 1865, recounting his service as a Confederate colonel and judge of military courts in Arkansas, and his postwar journey to Texas, Mexico, Cuba, Canada, and New York; a printed speech by Polk, 1861, when he was a United States senator from Missouri; a letter, 12 February 1889, from Thomas L. Snead to Mrs. Trusten Polk relating an incident from Polk's life during the war; and other items. |
Creator | Polk, Trusten, 1811-1876. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2010
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Trusten Polk was a lawyer of St. Louis, Mo.; governor of Missouri, 1857; United States senator from Missouri, 1857-1862; colonel, Confederate States of America; and a military judge, 1864-1865. Polk resigned as governor after being elected to the Senate, and he was expelled from the Senate in 1862 for his support of the Confederacy.
Back to TopThe collection contains Polk's diary, January-October 1865, recounting his service as a Confederate colonel and judge of military courts in Arkansas, and his postwar journey to Texas, Mexico, Cuba, Canada, and New York; a printed speech by Polk, 1861, when he was a United States senator from Missouri; a letter, 12 February 1889, from Thomas L. Snead to Mrs. Trusten Polk relating an incident from Polk's life during the war; and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1861-1865; 1889 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: Diary, January-October 1865 |
Folder 3 |
Typed transcription of diary |
Reel M-1556/1 |
Microfilm |