Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 to Jefferson Davis

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GLC#
GLC02460.12-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 6, 1862
Author/Creator
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Title
to Jefferson Davis
Place Written
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Polk writes to Davis, President of the Confederate States (and Polk's former roommate at West Point). Recommends Captain E. M. [Rucker?] for promotion to Colonel of Cavalry. Notes that Rucker has a command of that post, but lacks the commission.

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