He was educated at Alexandria Boarding School, Georgetown College, and the United States Military Academy, 1847-1848. He married Laura T. Wilson, Charlotte NC, Nov. 1, 1827.
Captain Polk was seriously wounded on April 6, 1862, losing a leg as a result of his injury. At Shiloh his battery included four six-pounder smoothbore guns and two twelve-pounder howitzers.
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