Parents: William Julius Polk (1793-1860) & Mary Rebecca Allen Long (1797-1885)
Marriage: 12 Feb 1868
Children:
Lucius Eugene Polk (1870 – 1904) # 8070857
Rufus J Polk (1873 – 1962) # 31890063
William Julius Polk (1874 – 1953) # 47172177
Charles Martin Polk (1878 – 1959) # 8231411
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Rufus J. Polk, of Little Rock, was born at Columbia, Tenn., in 1843, and educated at the North Carolina State university, at Chapel Hill, where he was a student when the war began. In January, 1862, he was appointed a lieutenant of artillery by his uncle, Gen. Leonidas Polk, and in this capacity he served at Island No. 10, until that post fell into the hands of the enemy and he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island. In September, 1862, having been exchanged at Vicksburg, he was appointed adjutant of Colonel Baker's Alabama-Mississippi regiment. Two months later he resigned this position and was appointed to the staff of his brother, Brig.-Gen. Lucius E. Polk, who was in command of the First brigade of Cleburne's division, army of Tennessee. As aide-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant, he participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, and the succeeding campaigns and battles of the army until, after the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, when Gen. Lucius Polk was disabled, he was ordered, after a brief service on the staff of General Cleburne, to report to Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, in command of cavalry under General Forrest. Lieutenant Polk was with General Roddy in Forrest's North Alabama campaign, in the engagements at Sulphur Springs Trestle and Huntsville, and subsequently was attached to General Armstrong's staff until, at the battle of Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865, he was severely wounded. He had also received a slight wound in the Georgia campaign, at Adairsville. After six weeks in hospital at Selma, where he was left by Wilson's Federal command, Lieutenant Polk returned to his Tennessee home, and in a few months removed to Helena, Ark., where he resided until 1883. Since then he has been a citizen of Little Rock. He has taken an active part in the organization and advancement of the United Confederate veterans, has served one term as commander of Omer Weaver camp, at Little Rock, in 1897 had the rank of brigadier-general commanding the First brigade of Arkansas, and is one of the commissioners of the Confederate Solders' Home.
Marriage: 12 Feb 1868
Children:
Lucius Eugene Polk (1870 – 1904) # 8070857
Rufus J Polk (1873 – 1962) # 31890063
William Julius Polk (1874 – 1953) # 47172177
Charles Martin Polk (1878 – 1959) # 8231411
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Rufus J. Polk, of Little Rock, was born at Columbia, Tenn., in 1843, and educated at the North Carolina State university, at Chapel Hill, where he was a student when the war began. In January, 1862, he was appointed a lieutenant of artillery by his uncle, Gen. Leonidas Polk, and in this capacity he served at Island No. 10, until that post fell into the hands of the enemy and he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island. In September, 1862, having been exchanged at Vicksburg, he was appointed adjutant of Colonel Baker's Alabama-Mississippi regiment. Two months later he resigned this position and was appointed to the staff of his brother, Brig.-Gen. Lucius E. Polk, who was in command of the First brigade of Cleburne's division, army of Tennessee. As aide-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant, he participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, and the succeeding campaigns and battles of the army until, after the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, when Gen. Lucius Polk was disabled, he was ordered, after a brief service on the staff of General Cleburne, to report to Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, in command of cavalry under General Forrest. Lieutenant Polk was with General Roddy in Forrest's North Alabama campaign, in the engagements at Sulphur Springs Trestle and Huntsville, and subsequently was attached to General Armstrong's staff until, at the battle of Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865, he was severely wounded. He had also received a slight wound in the Georgia campaign, at Adairsville. After six weeks in hospital at Selma, where he was left by Wilson's Federal command, Lieutenant Polk returned to his Tennessee home, and in a few months removed to Helena, Ark., where he resided until 1883. Since then he has been a citizen of Little Rock. He has taken an active part in the organization and advancement of the United Confederate veterans, has served one term as commander of Omer Weaver camp, at Little Rock, in 1897 had the rank of brigadier-general commanding the First brigade of Arkansas, and is one of the commissioners of the Confederate Solders' Home.
Parents: William Julius Polk (1793-1860) & Mary Rebecca Allen Long (1797-1885)
Marriage: 12 Feb 1868
Children:
Lucius Eugene Polk (1870 – 1904) # 8070857
Rufus J Polk (1873 – 1962) # 31890063
William Julius Polk (1874 – 1953) # 47172177
Charles Martin Polk (1878 – 1959) # 8231411
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Rufus J. Polk, of Little Rock, was born at Columbia, Tenn., in 1843, and educated at the North Carolina State university, at Chapel Hill, where he was a student when the war began. In January, 1862, he was appointed a lieutenant of artillery by his uncle, Gen. Leonidas Polk, and in this capacity he served at Island No. 10, until that post fell into the hands of the enemy and he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island. In September, 1862, having been exchanged at Vicksburg, he was appointed adjutant of Colonel Baker's Alabama-Mississippi regiment. Two months later he resigned this position and was appointed to the staff of his brother, Brig.-Gen. Lucius E. Polk, who was in command of the First brigade of Cleburne's division, army of Tennessee. As aide-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant, he participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, and the succeeding campaigns and battles of the army until, after the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, when Gen. Lucius Polk was disabled, he was ordered, after a brief service on the staff of General Cleburne, to report to Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, in command of cavalry under General Forrest. Lieutenant Polk was with General Roddy in Forrest's North Alabama campaign, in the engagements at Sulphur Springs Trestle and Huntsville, and subsequently was attached to General Armstrong's staff until, at the battle of Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865, he was severely wounded. He had also received a slight wound in the Georgia campaign, at Adairsville. After six weeks in hospital at Selma, where he was left by Wilson's Federal command, Lieutenant Polk returned to his Tennessee home, and in a few months removed to Helena, Ark., where he resided until 1883. Since then he has been a citizen of Little Rock. He has taken an active part in the organization and advancement of the United Confederate veterans, has served one term as commander of Omer Weaver camp, at Little Rock, in 1897 had the rank of brigadier-general commanding the First brigade of Arkansas, and is one of the commissioners of the Confederate Solders' Home.
Marriage: 12 Feb 1868
Children:
Lucius Eugene Polk (1870 – 1904) # 8070857
Rufus J Polk (1873 – 1962) # 31890063
William Julius Polk (1874 – 1953) # 47172177
Charles Martin Polk (1878 – 1959) # 8231411
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV' states:
Rufus J. Polk, of Little Rock, was born at Columbia, Tenn., in 1843, and educated at the North Carolina State university, at Chapel Hill, where he was a student when the war began. In January, 1862, he was appointed a lieutenant of artillery by his uncle, Gen. Leonidas Polk, and in this capacity he served at Island No. 10, until that post fell into the hands of the enemy and he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island. In September, 1862, having been exchanged at Vicksburg, he was appointed adjutant of Colonel Baker's Alabama-Mississippi regiment. Two months later he resigned this position and was appointed to the staff of his brother, Brig.-Gen. Lucius E. Polk, who was in command of the First brigade of Cleburne's division, army of Tennessee. As aide-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant, he participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, and the succeeding campaigns and battles of the army until, after the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, when Gen. Lucius Polk was disabled, he was ordered, after a brief service on the staff of General Cleburne, to report to Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, in command of cavalry under General Forrest. Lieutenant Polk was with General Roddy in Forrest's North Alabama campaign, in the engagements at Sulphur Springs Trestle and Huntsville, and subsequently was attached to General Armstrong's staff until, at the battle of Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865, he was severely wounded. He had also received a slight wound in the Georgia campaign, at Adairsville. After six weeks in hospital at Selma, where he was left by Wilson's Federal command, Lieutenant Polk returned to his Tennessee home, and in a few months removed to Helena, Ark., where he resided until 1883. Since then he has been a citizen of Little Rock. He has taken an active part in the organization and advancement of the United Confederate veterans, has served one term as commander of Omer Weaver camp, at Little Rock, in 1897 had the rank of brigadier-general commanding the First brigade of Arkansas, and is one of the commissioners of the Confederate Solders' Home.
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