The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-13

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9. Regiment.
These gentlemen after hearing all
the evidence ordered the following
verdict to be sent to me, which was
handed to me in a short while by Col.
Coward:
COURT MARTIAL. RHODES DTVIS.,
CAMP RHODES DIVISION,
November 3Oth, 1864.
Lieutenant L. L. Polk, Co. l, 43d Regj-
ment N. g. Troops.
MY DEAR SIR: In accordance with
theact ofCOngress, published in General
Orders No. So, Adjutant and Inspector
Generals office (present series) | have
the honor to inform you that you have
been h~OnOrabIy acquitted of the
charges and specifications preferred
against you.
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
R.. G. BADGER,
Major and Acting Judge Advocate.
About - o'clock that night | was
aroused and pulled from my bunk and
placed on a stump and made a speech
to my friends-the Brigade who had
come to honor me with a Serenade. on
the evening of my departure for Raj
eIgh. | left the next morning. A few
days after my arrival in Raleigh | re-
ceived the following from Chaplain E.
W. Thompson:
CAMP ADD n. G.. REGIMENT,
Near New Market, Va,
Dec. Is, 1864,
According to previous notice the
officers of the 43d N. @. Regiment held
a meeting on the evening of the 5th of
December, to express their sentiments
with regard to the departure of one of
their number, Lieut.. l.. l.. Polk, to
take his seat in the Legislature Of
North Carolina. Lieut.. w. A. Bridgers
was called to the chair, Chaplain f.
w. Thompson was appointed SeCre
tary.
= On motion a committee composed of
Capt. w. l. Cobb, Chaplain E w.
Thompson and Lieut.. H Brown were
appointed to offer resolutions express
ing the sense of the meeting. The
preamble and resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS, Our brother officer. Lieut..
L. L. Polk has been elected to the Leg
~islature of North Carolina, and has left
us to take his seat in that honorable
body therefore
LGCcOkCCbs l1{1 NLl1C We "lC highly
gratified at the honor thus conferred
upon him, we deeply regret that in the
future we are to be deprived of his as
ISOLATION as a Christian gentleman, and
his aid and example as a gallant
officer.
ID. That his gentlemanly deport-
ment, his moral conduct, together with
his gallant bearing as an officer, have
won the esteem and confidence of the
officers and men of the 43d n. c.. Regi-
ment.
Sd. That we hope his conduct, while
serving his country in her legislative
councils, may be marked by the same
honesty of purpose, patriotic devotion
and unfalterlng courage that character
lied him while serving it on the field
of battle.
4th. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to Lieut.. Polk, and also to the
Raleigh Confederate and the North
Carolina Argus for publication.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
A. w. BADGERS, Chm'n.
E. w. THOMPSON, Sec'y.
It is due General Grimes to say, and
it gives me great pleasure, that from
the first time he met me after this to
his death, that our relations were
pleasant and cordial.
If any honorable old soldier or other
gentleman desires to see the record of
this proceeding, in full, it will afford
me pleasure to submit it in the hand
writing and form i'll which Major
Badger handed it to me.
[ am sure that nothing that I could
add would strengthen the stern con
demnatiOn in the minds of all impair
tial and honorable men of the malig-
nant vindictiveness with which I have
been pursued. L. L. Polk.