. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . CONFEDERATEGENEK\LS No. 6GEORGIA. Clement A. Evans, Leader in theArmy of Northern Virginia. Robert Toombs, Defender of LeesRight Flank at Antietam. MvBt Qlcriijs—Army of tl)^ iHtaatfisippt mi& of iLnxxxtSBn Major-General Leonidas Polk coimnaiuledfrom .Tunc, 1861, to lAIarcli, 1862, the FirstDivision in tlic Western Department (No. Q), thetroops of which were scattered along the Missis-sippi from Columbus, Kentucky, to ]\Iemphis, andin the interior of Tennessee and iMississippi. Itnumbered about twenty-five thousand men. Onthe organ

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . CONFEDERATEGENEK\LS No. 6GEORGIA. Clement A. Evans, Leader in theArmy of Northern Virginia. Robert Toombs, Defender of LeesRight Flank at Antietam. MvBt Qlcriijs—Army of tl)^ iHtaatfisippt mi& of iLnxxxtSBn Major-General Leonidas Polk coimnaiuledfrom .Tunc, 1861, to lAIarcli, 1862, the FirstDivision in tlic Western Department (No. Q), thetroops of which were scattered along the Missis-sippi from Columbus, Kentucky, to ]\Iemphis, andin the interior of Tennessee and iMississippi. Itnumbered about twenty-five thousand men. Onthe organization of the Army of tlie Mississippi inMarch, 1862, this division was called the FirstGrand Division, and after the consolidation witlithe Central Army of Kentucky, on ]March 29th, theFirst Corps, Army of the Mississippi. On August15th, Polks Corps was reoi-ganizcd as the RightWing in ten divisions, with over fifteen thousandpresent for duty. In the Army of Tennessee, theRight Wing became the First, or Polks the battle of Chickamauga, Polk was relievedof the command, and

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