Antoinette Polk
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File Name |
antoinette_polk.tif |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Title |
Antoinette Polk |
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Alternate Title |
Baronne de Charette |
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Genre |
Photographs |
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Description |
Oval portrait of Antoinette Polk standing beside a stool and desk |
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Historical note |
Antoinette Polk, Baronne de Charette, in the days after she was awarded Abel Streight's brigade banner by Nathan Bedford Forrest. Polk earned the recognition for her bravery in alterting the Confederate wounded recovering at Ashwood that a Union unit was approaching the area. |
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Subject |
Polk, Antoinette; Portraits; Women |
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Theme |
Capturing the Flag |
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Story |
Antoinette Polk |
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Geographic Location |
United States--Tennessee--Columbia |
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Time period |
1860-69 |
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Language |
eng |
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Contributing Institution |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Rights |
Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Credit line |
Mary Polk Branch’s Memoirs of a Southern Woman “Within the Lines,” and a Genealogical Record, p. 25. Available online: http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/branch/branch.html |
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Type |
Still image |
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Digital Publisher |
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
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Reference URL |
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,5 |
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Archival file |
shades7/antoinette_polk.tif |
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