Leonidas Polk Papers, 1767-1935

Summary

Creator:
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864.
Abstract:

Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate lieutenant-general, was the grandson of Thomas Polk, who fought in the American Revolution, and the son of William Polk (1758-1834), colonel during the Revolution, member of the North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina Supervisor of Internal Revenue, University of North Carolina trustee, bank director, and surveyor and owner of lands in Tennessee. Leonidas Polk was related to the Gale, Hawkins, and Yeatman families. Among his children was medical doctor William Mecklenburg Polk, who wrote "Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General." MICROFILM ONLY. Correspondence and other papers of Leonidas Polk relating to his life and work; Episcopal Church matters; the establishment of the University of the South, 1856-1861; and the Confederate campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, 1861-1864, in which Polk was involved. Also included are papers of William Mecklenburg Polk, chiefly concerning the biography of his father; papers of members of the Polk, Gale, and Hawkins families; correspondence of Charles R. Barney, 1857-1860, engineer for the board of trustees of the University of the South, about the physical development of the University site; and copies of Archibald D. Murphey's papers relating to William Polk.

Extent:
200 items
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Biographical / historical:

Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate lieutenant-general, was the grandson of Thomas Polk, who fought in the American Revolution, and the son of William Polk (1758-1834), colonel during the Revolution, member of the North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina Supervisor of Internal Revenue, University of North Carolina trustee, bank director, and surveyor and owner of lands in Tennessee. Leonidas Polk was related to the Gale, Hawkins, and Yeatman families. Among his children was medical doctor William Mecklenburg Polk, who wrote "Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General."

Scope and content:

MICROFILM ONLY. Correspondence and other papers of Leonidas Polk relating to his life and work; Episcopal Church matters; the establishment of the University of the South, 1856-1861; and the Confederate campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, 1861-1864, in which Polk was involved. Also included are papers of William Mecklenburg Polk, chiefly concerning the biography of his father; papers of members of the Polk, Gale, and Hawkins families; correspondence of Charles R. Barney, 1857-1860, engineer for the board of trustees of the University of the South, about the physical development of the University site; and copies of Archibald D. Murphey's papers relating to William Polk.

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Sensitive materials statement:

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Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Leonidas Polk Papers, #2965, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu