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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 25 (search)
Leonidas Polk. The Bishop-General who died for the South. Interesting reminiscence of life at West Point of the gallant Churchman and Soldier.[From the Richmond times, August 2, 1890.] By Bishop Charles P. Mcilvaine. When I began duty as chaplain and professor of ethics, etc., at the Military Academy, West Point, in the summer of 1825, the late Bishop Polk was cadet in his third year. As my academic instructions were confined to the fourth or oldest class, and the association of the cadets with the officers of the academy was very limited, I had no knowledge of him as one of the congregation to which I preached on Sunday, until circumstances of a very interesting character brought him to my house. The condition of the academy was very far from being encouraging to a chaplain seeking the spiritual welfare of his charge. There was not one professor of religion among the officers, military or civil. Several of them were friendly to the efforts of the chaplain, others were dec