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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) West, Douglass. Telegram announcing the death of Gen. Leonidas Polk to Polk's son. 1 sheet, 4 1/4 x 8 inches, manuscript message on printed form of the Southern Telegraph Companies; dampstained with slight blurring of some text. Marietta, GA, [14 June 1864]
In full: "Capt. A.H. Polk care Maj. Hillyer. Your father has just been killed by a cannon shot. He expired instantly without pain. Gale, Meek & Yeatman will go immediately to Augusta with his body. I have telegraphed to Mr. A.D. Kelly in Columbia to convey this sad news to your mother & sisters. Douglass West, Adj." with--newspaper clippings concerning the death of Gen. Polk and other topics, loose and in an 8-page scrapbook.
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