NARA M331. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Officers and Enlisted Men who did not belong to any particular regiment, separate company of comparable unit, or special corps.

Roll 199 Pl-Pon

Marshall T. Polk, General & Staff Officers C. S. A.
Lt. Col. Chief of Artillery
Reference Slip

Cards filed with Polk, M. C.
Lt. Col. Chief of Arty.
Staff

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Polk, M. C. , Polk's Staff, General and Staff Officer, Corps, Division and Brigade Staffs, Non-com. Staffs and Bands, Enlisted Men, Staff Departments, C. S. A.
Lieut. Colonel

Genl. Polk's Staff, recorded as a prisoner of war, surrendered at Post of La Grange, Tenn., May 17, 1865, capture same date, Remarks: Wounded at and lost one leg at Shilo, has served to Oct. 1864.

His file contains a letter from the Adjutant General, War Department to Mr. J. Grover Estes, P. O. Box 237, Memphis 1, Tennessee, dated 15 October 1951,

"The records show that Marshall T. Polk, a Captain of Captain Marshall T. Polk's Battery, Tennessee Light Artillery, Cofederate States Army, entered the service 17 May 1861, at Nashville, Tennessee. The company muster roll for 6 August to 31 October 1861, shows him present. This company appears to have been disbanded about April 1862.

The records also show that Marshall T. Polk was appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Confederate States Army, from the State of Tennessee, 2 December 1862, to take rank same date and was assigned Chief of Artillery and ordered to report to Lieutenant General Polk. He name appears on a report of officers and men at the p Post of Aberdeen, Mississippi, for the month of August 1864, which shows him on duty as Commandant.

Union prisoner of war records show that he was captured 17 May 1865, at LaGrange, Tennessee and paroled at that place on that date."

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Card #38 War Department Notes

Polk, Marshall T., Lt. Col. & Chief of Arty., Polk's Comd

Dec. 2,1862. Apptd. from Tenn. as Lt. Col.; to report to Gen. Polk as Chief of Arty. Corps., Formerly Captn. Tenn. Batty.

Feb. 6, 1863. Lt. Col. announced as Chief of Arty., Polk's Corps. A. T.

March 1, 1863. Signs property Return as Chief of Arty., F.C., A. T. (P.P.)

March 20 to May 1, 1863; June 10 & 26, July 10 & 20, Aug. 1 & 20, 1863. - Returns show him Lt. Col. & Chief of Arty. Polk's Hdqrs., A. T.

May 7, 1863. Confirmed as Lt. Col.

May 15, 1863. At Camp Wright, Shelbyville, signs as Lt. Col., Comdg. Arty., P. C. A. T. (P.P.)

July 23, 1863. Lt. Col. assigned Chief of Arty., Polk's Corps. A. T.

Aug. 1, 1863. At Chattanooga, Tenn., signs as Lt. Col. & Chief of Arty., P. C. (P.P.)

Nov. 2,1863. Lt. Col. Chief of Artillery, staff of Gen. Polk, relieved from duty in Dept. Tenn. & ordered to report to Gen. Polk

Jan. 10, 1864. Col. Chief of Artiy., mentioned in foot-note as having made a Special Report (this day) of Troops in Dept. Gulf, comd. by Gen. Maury

Feb. 19, 1864. Lt. Col., assigned to comd. of Port of Marion, Ala.

Feb. 23, 1864. Revoked & Lt Col. Polk ordered to report for further orders, Same day ordered to proceed along the lines of telegraph ??????????

March 30,1864 Assigned to command of Post at Aberdeen, Miss.

n.d. Temporarily relieved

Aug. 24, 1864 Ordered to resume command

Oct. 4, 1864 Relieved & ordered to report under arrest to Brig. Gen. R. C. Tyler, West Point