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University of the South

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 
Founded Jan. 6, 1858 under charter
granting perpetual direction by 
the Episcopal Church in Ala., 
Ark., Ga., La., Miss., N. Car., S. Car., 
Tenn., and Texas. Nearby, Leonidas 
Polk, Bishop of La.,  later Lt. Gen. 
C.S.A., laid the cornerstone for 
the central building. October 10,
1860. Destroyed by Federal 
troops, in July 1863.

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