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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character

Leonidas Polk

Confederate general and Episcopal bishop.

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Also known as Polk, General Polk, General (Bishop) Polk

First appearance: i

Leonidas Polk first appears in 0003 i.

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Grant’s severe sick headache—a physical manifestation of immense psychological strain—reaches its peak just as…

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