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IN MEMORY OF

LT. GEN. LEONIDAS POLK

WHO FELL ON THIS SPOT JUNE 14, 1864

FOLDING HIS ARMS ACROSS HIS BREAST HE STOOD GAZING ON THE SCENES BELOW TURNING HIMSELF AROUND AS IF TO TAKE A FAREWELL VIEW.

THUS STANDING A CANNON FROM THE ENEMY'S GUNS CRASHED THROUGH HIS BREAST AND OPENED A WIDE DOOR THROUGH WHICH HIS SPIRIT TOOK ITS FLIGHT TO JOIN HIS COMRADES ON THE OTHER SHORE. SURELY THE LIGHT NEVER PUSHED THE DARKNESS BACK TO MAKE BRIGHTER THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE LAMB AND SURELY THE GATES OF HEAVEN NEVER OPENED WIDER TO ALLOW A MORE MANLY SPIRIT TO ENTER THEREIN.

ERECTED BY

J. GID AND MARY J. MORRIS

1902

V of South
Manuscript Collection
MSS 090
Polk Family Papers
Box 1 of 27
Folder "Biographical"