General Leonidas Polk Memorial

Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk fell on this spot on 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. As he stood there, a cannon shot from the enemy's guns crashed through his breast. He was remembered as a brave man whose spirit took its flight to join his comrades on the other shore.

Georgia · United States