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Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was an American Confederate military officer, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.
Born April 10, 1806 near Raleigh, North Carolina, Leonidas Polk led a long and colorful life that was cut short by a cannonball in 1864. He was raised by extremely wealthy parents. The family owned more than 100,000 acres of land.
10 giu 2024 · Leonidas Polk (born April 10, 1806, Raleigh, N.C., U.S.—died June 14, 1864, Pine Mountain, Ga.) was a U.S. bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, founder of the University of the South, and lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Leonidas Polk (Raleigh, 10 aprile 1806 – Pine Mountain, 14 giugno 1864) è stato un vescovo anglicano e generale statunitense. Durante la guerra di secessione fu tenente generale dell'esercito degli Stati Confederati.
12 gen 2024 · An ordained Episcopal bishop, Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk was killed by a Union artillery shell at Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, on June 14, 1864.
- Harry Searles
Leonidas Polk (Raleigh, 10 aprile 1806 – Pine Mountain, 14 giugno 1864) è stato un vescovo anglicano e generale statunitense. Durante la guerra di secessione fu tenente generale dell'esercito degli Stati Confederati.
12 giu 2006 · The 3-inch solid shot that killed Episcopal Bishop and Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk on the morning of June 14, 1864, nearly tore him in half. When his mangled body was carried down from Pine Mountain, Georgia, on a litter, Private Sam Watkins of the 1st Tennessee noted that the bishop-general was ‘as white as a ...
