CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  Soldierly Conduct - Private Polk Dye

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
7 June 2002 
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, page 387 

SOLDIERLY CONDUCT.

Victor M. Rose, in his history, says:

"The soldierly conduct of Private Polk Dye, of Co. F, Third Texas 
Cavalry, in the battle of Elk Horn, deserves mention.  Having lost 
his horse, he joined temporarily a company of the Third Louisiana 
Infantry, and stood the brunt of battle with that noble regiment all 
day. In the last of many charges made by the regiment, his arm was 
broken by a minnie-ball.  He was assisted to his own regiment by his 
comrades of the day, who paid him high compliments for his coolness 
and courage.