The Polk's Corps Flag:

 

By combining the the seal of the Protestant Episcopal Church's Cross of St. George with the stars of the Confederacy, Leonidas Polk's inspiration gave the banner that flew over his Corps at the Battles of Shiloh and Perryville. Those same troops later traversed his Domain at University Place when his corps crossed over the Mountain in July, 1863; his flag can still seen at at THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH as of Easter Semester 2005.

Learn more at http://www.csaflags.com/ and http://www.confederateflags.org/army/FOTCaotm.htm#polk.
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Extant Polk's Corps flags are found at:

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH's "Anglican Temperance Flag,"
found within the halls of scholarship in Jessie Ball duPont Library. 




Seal of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
portico of Jessie Ball duPont Library,
home of the "Anglican Temperance Flag" (Polk's Corps first issue).

Identified as the Florida Flag from Shiloh- Jessie Ball duPont Library, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tennessee (This is not from a Florida unit. This is an example of the first pattern of the Polk Corps flags, 45 of which were made in Memphis, TN. January, 1862. They were first issued to the Grand Division at Columbus, KY in early February. We do not know what unit it is from but it is definitely not from a FL unit as there were none at Columbus, KY.  -Greg Biggs, 6/21/2004, Flags Of The Confederacy, www.confederateflags.org, page http://www.confederateflags.org/army/FOTCaotm.htm#polk.)


21st Tennessee- Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tennessee (Polk's Corp, first issue)

 

1st Tennessee- Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee (Polk's Corps, second issue)

 

1st or 15th Tennessee- on loan from Wisconsin, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee (Polk's Corps second issue.  Definitely not the flag of the 1st Tennessee lost at Perryville. Post-war reunion veteran accounts state that this flag is from some other regiment of Maney's TN Brigade, as their actual flag was shot to shreds in that battle and was in the hands of a unit color bearer after the war. Probably the flag of either the 6th or 9th Tennessee Infantry.  -Greg Biggs, 6/21/04)


10th Mississippi- Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, Mississippi (Polk's Corps, second issue)

 

1st Arkansas Cavalry- Old State House Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas (Not a Polk's Corps flag at all - but a variant of a pattern issued in the Trans-Mississippi theater.  -Greg Biggs, 6/21/04)

16th Tennessee Infantry- Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia (16th Tennessee Infantry (1906.2), which is the Museum's only Polk Pattern battle flag.  The flag is believed to have been recovered from the battlefield at Murfreesboro in December 1862 by Daniel W. Adams's Brigade, C.S.A.  The flag was found in Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865. In 1906, the flag was transferred to The Museum of the Confederacy by the U.S. War Department. -Museum of the Confederacy, 8/14/03)

29th Mississippi Volunteers(?)- Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois  (Not the flag of the 29th Mississippi.  They were not with Polk's Grand Division at Columbus, KY and, as such, would not have received this flag.  We do not know what unit it came from.  -Greg Biggs, 6/21/04)


(Sources:  Devereaux Cannon, Thomas Cartwright, and Greg Biggs)

 

More from Gregg Briggs, 6/21/04, on later Polk's Corps flag issues:

Just before the Battle of Shiloh, General Beauregard tried to standardize the battle flags of the Army of the Mississippi.   He gave orders to Polk to have the flags of his command changed to those that resembled the Army of Northern Virginia flags.  A set of flags for Polk's Corps was made in New Orleans by flag maker Henry Cassidy in February./March of 1862 and sent up to Tennessee, but the shipment got lost.  There is some correspondence to this in the Official Records.  A second shipment was made but it did not arrive until after the battle.  Many units of Polk's Corps switched to the new flag.  There are some surviving examples for those of the 4th and 21st Tennessee Infantry.  See our CS flags website for pictures and details.

After Beaurgeard took sick leave from the army, Polk began to go back to his specific St. George's cross pattern, but with a smaller flag made of wool (the first issues were silk). They also had less stars on them. These start showing up in the late summer of 1862 for new units to the command. We do not know how many of these flags were actually made.

In late 1863, while Polk is operating in the Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, under the overall command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Johnston starts to standardize the battle flags of that department. Starting in October, a new type of flag is issued coming from Mobile flag makers Jackson and Sarah Belknap. These are rectangular 12 star ANV style battle flags. Polk's Army of Mississippi receives them in 1864 before they move to Georgia to fight in the Atlanta Campaign. A number of these flags still survive today. Please see our CS flags website for pictures and more information.

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April 17, 2004- the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina, just prior to the funeral march procession for the Hunley Eight.  Capt. Pappy Harmon and the 28th Georgia of Resaca, Georgia (http://www.28thga.org/), shown holding high the Polk's Corps battle flag.  The Battle of Resaca, May 14-15, 1864, was Bishop-General Leonidas Polk's first battle of his last campaign, the Atlanta Campaign. 


June 26, 2004- Pine Mountain, Georgia, at the Leonidas Polk monument, on the occasion of the 140th anniversary Memorial Service of the death of Bishop-General Polk (June 14, 1864).  Shown are members of the Leonidas Polk Camp No.1446 SCV, Forrest's Escort Camp SCV, and church dignitaries.




October 1, 2004- Sutlers' Row, Rippavilla Plantation, Sunset in the West; Third National and Polk's Corps flags.


October 1, 2004- Confederate camps, Rippavilla Plantation, Spring Hill, Tennessee; Company A, First Tennessee Rock City Guards from Nashville, Tennessee, after the Sunset in the West's 140th Anniversary of the Battle of Columbia reenactment.


October 1, 2004- Confederate camps, Rippavilla Plantation, Spring Hill, Tennessee; 5th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (original raised in Paris, Tennessee, 1861, and never lost a flag), after the Sunset in the West140th Anniversary Battle of Columbia reenactment (http://www.battleoffranklin.com/)..


 

October 2, 2004- Confederate camps, Rippavilla Plantation, Spring Hill, Tennessee; Confederate widows from Columbus, Georgia, after the Sunset in the West140th Anniversary Battle of Franklin reenactment (http://www.battleoffranklin.com/)..
 

October 2, 2004- After the battle, furl the flag.

October 2, 2004- Rippavilla Plantation,
Spring Hill, Tennessee; proud Kentuckian
Confederate debutantes at
the Sunset in the West.




February 5, 2005- Polk's Corps flag at Old Stone Church, Ringgold, Georgia.




March 6, 2005- Polk's Corps flag at
St.Thomas Episcopal Church,
Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York.


Confederate battleflag shield,
St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York City.



St. George slaying the dragon,
St. Thomas Fifth Avenue.




"The legend - in which George slays a fierce dragon, symbolising evil, and rescues an innocent maiden from death - is thought to have appeared as late as the 12th century and may have origins in the story of Perseus, who defended the virgin Andromeda against the monstrous Medusa. To Christians, George is a historical figure, an archetypal soldier made famous for tearing down Diocletian's edict against Christianity. For this act he is believed to have been beheaded in Lydda, Palestine (in AD 303), thus becoming an early Christian martyr." -http://cgi.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures
/george_st.shtml; viewed 8/9/05.






Cross of St. George.







Flag of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue,
comprised of the Cross of St. George.





The Cross of St. George in Bishop-Leonidas Polk's corps flag
and the Cross of St. George in the Episcopal Church's flag.

April 6, 2005- Vanderbilt University, Peabody campus, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL HALL
Constructed in 1935 by George Peabody College of Teachers
in part, with funds raised at personal sacrifice during the Great Depression
by Tennessee women of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
in memory of their fathers and brothers
who fought in the War Between North and South, 1861-65.
Dedicated to the education of teachers for a region sorely in need of them.
Renovated by Vanderbilt University in 1988
for continued service to all its students.
1989



Confederate Memorial Hall in THE PILLAR, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1950



"One hundred and ten girls live a chattery life there- except during quiet house- and fifty of them are descendants of Confederate soldiers who reside there without payment of rent." - PILLAR, 1950





Guarded by traditions of YESTERDAY..., 1950



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Memorial Hall

This dormitory was built in 1935 as a rent-free residence for women students of Confederate ancestry, with financing by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Peabody College. The building was modernized and renovated in 1988 and now has computer connections for the residents, seminar rooms, exercise practice, and music practice rooms. (http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/tour/memorial.htm, viewed 4/24/05.)



Official campus map on Vanderbilt web site, April 2005.



Official campus map in Confederate Memorial Hall, April 2005.



Official dorm signage in Confederate Memorial Hall, April 2005.

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Representative news story headlines regarding Confederate Memorial Hall, now named Memorial Hall:

9/17/02- Peabody Dorm Is Gone With The Wind

9/17/02- Renaming Of Confederate Memorial Hall Long Overdue

9/18/02- Southern Bashing On The Rise

9/19/02- Confederate Memorial Hall Renamed Memorial Hall

9/19/02- VU's Confederacy of Dunces

9/20/02- VU Will Delete 'Confederate' From Hall Name

9/20/02- Daughters 'Outraged' By Name Change, UDC Considers Suit In Wake of Decision

9/20/02- Confederates Rise Again

9/20/02- Renaming 'Confederate' Rewrites History

9/24/02- Letters To The Editor: Vanderbilt Administration Bows To Pressure From Politically Correct

9/24/02- Looking Back: Confederate Hall's Storied Past

9/30/02- UDC Takes A Stand Against Vanderbilt

10/02- The Vanderbilt Problem AND The Problem With Vanderbilt

10/1/02- Letters To The Editor: Vanderbilt Administration Bows To Pressure From Politically Correct

10/4/02- Slumbering Memories Aroused By Building's Name Change

10/6/02- Changes At Vanderbilt Part Of Push To Boost Diversity

10/8/02- Uproar Wrong In Vanderbilt U. Name Change Of 'Confederate Memorial Hall'

10/8/02- Firestorm Of Protest Over Name Change

10/11/02- Legal Battle On Horizon For Vanderbilt

10/17/02- United Daughters Of Confederacy Sue Vanderbilt

10/18/02- BREAKING NEWS: UDC FILES LAWSUIT

10/18/02- Vanderbilt Sued Over Building Name

10/18/02 -Confederate Group Sues Over Vanderbilt Dorm

10/18/02- United Daughters Of Confederacy Sue Vanderbilt

10/21/02- Confederacy Discussion Draws Opposing Perspectives

10/24/02 -Greens Rally Behind Vanderbilt University's Plan To Rename 'Confederate' Dorm.

10/25/02- Lawsuit Filed, Students Support Administration- Black Student Alliance And Green Party Begin Letter Writing Campaign To Show Support For Name Change

10/25/02- Frankly, They Give A Damn

11/1/02- At Vanderbilt, Confederate Controversy Goes To Court

11/2/02- Dorm Debacle At Vandy

11/8/03- Revising History Clouds Truth

11/20/02- Jonathan Farley: Remnants Of The Confederacy Glorifying A Time Of Tyranny

12/01/02- VU Professor's Essay Sparks 'Confederate' Backlash

12/3/02- Vanderbilt Professor Calls Confederates 'Cowards'

12/6/02- Private Property And The American Heritage

12/9/02- Some Genocides Are More Politically Correct Than Others

12/10/02- Inciting Campus Controversy

12/11/02- Race Dilemma Continues

12/19/02- Hate And Ignorance At Vanderbilt

1/9/03- VU Asks Privacy For Those Who Renamed Confederate Hall

1/11/03- Court Asked To Reject Secrecy in 'Confederate' Vote

1/13/03- Political Correctness Grips Nation's Colleges

1/14/03- Vanderbilt Seeks To Withhold Documents

1/14/03- Vanderbilt Moves Into Modern Age Of Secrecy

1/21/03- Court Rules On Papers

1/24/03- Vanderbilt Seeks To Withhold Documents

2/1/03- Is There a Liberal-Conservative War Going On In The Administration At Vanderbilt University?

2/27/03- Old South, New South Clash On Vanderbilt's Campus: Decision To Change Building's Name Lands University In Legal Battle

4/4/03- Students Must Speak Up, Foster Inclusion Of All Groups

8/29/03- VU Asks Court To Drop UDC Lawsuit

9/23/03- Motion For Summary Judgment Under Advisory

9/30/03- Bass, Berry & Sims Wins Summary Judgment For Vanderbilt

9/30/03- Vanderbilt Wins ‘Confederate’ Suit

9/30/03- Court Ruling Supports Vanderbilt Decision to Change Name Of Building

Click here to read Judge Irvin Kilcrease's findings against the United Daughters of the Confederacy in .pdf.

10/1/03- Court: Vanderbilt Can Take 'Confederate' Off Building

10/2/03- Permission Granted To Change Name Of Vanderbilt's Confederate Hall

10/3/02- 'Confederate' To Come Off Building

10/10/03- Court Allows Vanderbilt U. To Remove 'Confederate' From Building's Name

10/7/03- UDC Matter Mishandled

10/10/03- Court Allows Vanderbilt U. To Remove 'Confederate' From Building's Name

10/11/03- 'Confederate' To Come Off Building

10/11/03- The Enemy Of Your Enemy Is Not Always Your Friend

10/17/03- Vandy Has Sold Out Once Again To Political Correctness

10/23/03- Round II Of Fight Over Vanderbilt Dorm Starts As UDC Files Appeal

10/24/03- Guilt Over Slavery Should Have Ended By Now

10/24/03- UDC To Appeal Decision

12/12/03- NY Times Article Causes Row

4/26/04- Violation In Tennessee - Vanderbilt University

10/22/04- Blood Spills Yet Again In Latest Skirmish

10/22/04- Our Civil War

11/04- Ethnic Cleansing Of Dixie

12/04- Removal Of Confederate Images Is Allowing A New South To Rise

12/04- Vanderbilt University Repudiates 70 Year-Old Obligation To Name Dorm In Accordance With Generous Terms Of UDC Gift; Lawsuit To Be Appealed; University Claims name 'Confederate' Discriminates Against Minorities

12/1/04- Appeals Court To Hear Confederate Case

12/1/04- We Know We Promised, But Times Changed

12/8/04- Memorial Suit To Be Appealed

12/22/04- Deep in Dixie’s heart, rebel symbols fall one by one, South slowly shedding reminders
of its still-divisive Civil War past

12/26/04- South Slowly Removing Symbols

1/5/05- Vanderbilt 'Confederate' Dorm Case Opens

1/6/05- Legal Arguments In Confederate Memorial Hall Case

1/6/05- Vanderbilt Case Argues Confederate Role In South

1/6/05- Confederate Memorial Hall Time Line

1935: With a $50,000 donation from the United Daughters of the Confederacy, George Peabody College for Teachers builds Confederate Memorial Hall, a $150,000 dormitory.

1979: Financially ailing Peabody merges with Vanderbilt University.

1988-89: Vanderbilt renovates the dormitory, igniting a campus debate over its name. The university subsequently puts a plaque describing the building's history near the front door.

July 2000: Gordon Gee takes office as Vanderbilt's chancellor, or chief executive.

September 2002: Vanderbilt announces it will drop the word ''Confederate'' from the building's name in an effort to make the school more welcoming to people of all races and ethnic backgrounds. The university does not let UDC leaders know about the move before making it public.

October 2002: The UDC sues Vanderbilt in Davidson County Chancery Court, accusing the school of breach of contract.

September 2003: On his last day on the bench before retiring, Davidson County Chancellor Irvin Kilcrease Jr. dismisses the UDC's lawsuit. Kilcrease rules that Vanderbilt must be allowed to change the building's name so it can recruit African-American and other minority students and professors and says the Peabody-UDC contracts were signed at a different time in American history, when racial segregation was legal.

October 2003: The UDC says it will appeal Kilcrease's decision to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

Yesterday: The Court of Appeals hears arguments by the two sides but doesn't issue a ruling.

— Michael Cass (http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/)

1/7/05- Rewriting History

1/7/05- Court Hears 'Confederate' Dorm Arguments

1/7/05- So Many Memorial Names Will Have To Be Changed

1/7/05- Erasing History In The Name Of Political Correctness

1/10/05- Vanderbilt Should Not Remove 'Confederate' From Building Name

1/12/05- Confederate Suit Returns To Court

1/13/05- Vanderbilt University In Court Again Defending Its Right To Remove The Word 'Confederate' From Campus Building

2/12/05 Colleges Suffer Identity Crisis

2/13/05- Colleges Downplay 'Old South'

2/24/05- Battle Over The Past Rages On In An Evolving South

2/28/05- Southern Universities Shed Their Stereotypes

3/11/05- Airbrushing History

Click here to read the Court of Appeals decision reversing Judge Kilcrease in .pdf.

Click here to read Judge Cain's concurring opinion in .pdf. ("Their homeland was invaded...")

William B. Cain
215 Supreme Court Building
401 7th Ave. No.
Nashville, TN 37219-1407
Born Jan. 30, 1932 , Old Hickory, TN. Married, 2 children, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia, TN. Middle Tennessee State University; Cumberland University School of Law, 1958; delegate to 1965 Constitutional Convention; city attorney, city of Columbia, 1969-73; U. S. Army Corps of Military Police, 1950-1952; State Commander, The American Legion of Tennessee, 1969-70; member, National Legislative Commission, The American Legion, 1971- 96; appointed circuit judge 22nd judicial district, Dec. 31, 1986, elected 1988, re-elected 1990; appointed to Court of Appeals April 1998; elected August 1998. (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/geninfo/Bio/Appeals/Biotca.htm, as of 5/28/2005)

5/4/05- University Loses Court Battle Over Controversial Dorm Name

5/5/05- Confederates Defeat Vanderbilt

5/5/05- Nashville: Vanderbilt Loses Bid To Rename Dorm

5/5/05- Confederates Beat VU In Court

5/5/05- Vanderbilt U. Loses 'Confederate' Bid (Forces of P.C. Actually LOSE One, For Once...!)

5/5/05- Vanderbilt Loses Bid To Drop 'Confederate' From Dorm Name

5/5/05- 'Confederate' Must Remain On College Dorm, Court Rules

5/5/05- Pay To Strip 'Confederate From Dorm, Court Tells VU

5/6/05- Vandy Should Surrender On Confederate Battle

5/9/05- Sanity Prevails

5/10/05- Court To Vandy: Come Up With The Cash, Or Leave Dorm's Name Alone

5/18/05- Right To Rename Dorm Worth $50,000 To Alumnus Of Vandy

5/18/05- Doctor Offers Heritage Group Money For Dorm Name

5/18/05- Black Vandy Grad Trying To Buy Out 'Confederate' Name

5/18/05- Alumnus Donates Thousands To University In Battle Over Dorm Name

6/05- The UDC Succeeds In Court Over 'Confederate' Name At Vanderbilt

6/9/05- War Rages On Over Confederate Symbols

6/9/05- Battle Over Confederate Symbols Still Simmering In Tennessee

6/9/05- Tennessee Seeks Solution For Handling Civil War Past



( http://www.geocities.com/tnudc/ConfHallUpdate.html; viewed 7/11/05)


7/12/05- Vanderbilt Not To Appeal Ruling On Confederate Dorm Name

7/12/05- Vanderbilt Decides To Leave 'Confederate' Carved On Dorm; Choice: Keep Name Or Repay Daughters Of The Confederacy

7/12/05- Vanderbilt Dropping Court Fight Over Dorm

7/12/05- Vanderbilt Won't Appeal 'Confederate' Ruling

7/12/05- College Ends 'Confederate' Dorm Dispute

7/12/05- 'Confederate' To Stay In Vanderbilt Dorm Name- School Said Name Hurts Efforts To Promote Diversity

7/12/05- 'Confederate' Will Remain In Name Of Vanderbilt Dorm ("The university plans to create an annual lecture series or other educational events to keep issues of race, history, memory and the Civil War on students' minds.")

7/13/05- Vanderbilt Agrees To Leave The Word 'Confederate' On A Building, Ending A
3-Year Fight ("We have addressed this very aggressively and very positively from the beginning, and we're now going to use this as an educational opportunity.")

7/13/05- Southern Heritage Remains At Vanderbilt

7/13/05- Lost Cause At Vanderbilt

7/14/05- Tennessee Guerilla Women- Challenging the Conservative Politics of Sexism, Homophobia, Racism And Classism- Vanderbilt To Keep Racist Memorial

7/18/05- What Does Your Family's Name Mean To You?

7/21/05- Vanderbilt Goes PC

7/25/05- Tennessee, Alabama Face New Rifts Over Old Confederate Symbols

8/31/05- Vanderbilt Wrong To Renege Deal With UDC


Vanderbilt University and UDC money:

Scholarships and Need-Based Financial Aid: THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY SCHOLARSHIP was established in 1927 by the Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter of the UDC. (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/undergrad/schol_need.html, viewed 4/24/05.)

Scholarship and Loan Funds: THE CAPTAIN HENRY PARRISH KERNOCHRAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP was established in 1930 by the Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to benefit students from Louisiana. (www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/peabody_grad/PeaG07.html, viewed 4/24/05.)



UDC emblem and motto.



"The revisionists are busily rewriting our history and textbooks. To many, the Confederacy is to be eliminated. A concerted effort has been made to change the names of streets, discard monuments, and pretend that the heroes of the Confederacy did not exist. One of the UDC's objectives is to preserve Confederate history for future generations. Truth cannot be denied, and it is our responsibity to see that a true record is preserved. Ignoring the threat is easy, but preserving our history takes effort and dedication. Remember Jefferson Davis' command at Buena Vista: 'STAND FAST.' " -Mary Moore Williams, Ex-President General, UDC Magazine, Volume LXVIII, Number 3, March 2005




Confederate Veteran, October 1915, Vol. XXIII, No. 10: "Emblem and Motto, U.D.C."

"Live, Pray, Think, Dare, Love"
"As President-General Rassie Haskins White put it, 'I love the United Daughters of the Confederacy because they have demonstrated that Southern women may organize themselves into a nationwide body without losing womanly dignity, sweetness, or graciousness.' " -Karen L. Cox, DIXIE'S DAUGHTERS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture, 2003




April 6, 2005.

 



April 22, 2005- Monument to the Unknown Confederate Dead,
Oakland Cemetery, erected by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association, 1894.








May 7, 2005- Bishop-General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A., bust, bordered by Generals Robert E. Lee (l) and Albert Sidney Johnston (r), Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.



June 4, 2005- Polk's Corps flag, the Confederate Memorial at the Cemetery of the Confederate Dead, Tullahoma, Tennessee, accompanied by Confederate First National flag, Army of Tennessee battle flag, and Hardee's Corps flag.

Tennessee Historical Commission marker 2E 44, near downtown Tullahoma-



CONFEDERATE CEMETERY

1 Mile SW are buried 407 unknown
Confederates. Many of these died
in one of the hospitals established
here when Tullahoma was head-
quarters for the Army of Tennessee
during the first six months of 1863,
following the Battle of Murfreesboro
and preceding the withdrawal of
the Army to Chattanooga.

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June 4, 2005- Polk's Corps flag on reverse of Army of Tennessee Headquarters granite monument, near downtown, Tullahoma, Tennessee.



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June 5, 2005- Polk's Corps flag within the Confederate Circle,
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee;
famous mausoleum of Adelicia Franklin Acklen and Issac Franklin in background.

 



June 25, 2005- Polk's Corps flag at the observance of the 141st anniversary
of the death of Bishop-General Leonidas Polk, Pine Mountain, Georgia.




Victorian Widow Weepers mourn the death of Bishop-General Leonidas Polk.




August 13, 2005- Confederate Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia.




October 8, 2005- Polk's Corps flag at the 100th anniversary rededication of the Gallent Pelham monument in Jacksonville, Alabama; Forrest's Escort and the Haralson Invincibles, including representation of the Florida Division.

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