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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.
Jun 10, 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.
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (April 24, 1837 – June 11, 1892), or L.L. Polk, was an American farmer, journalist and political figure. He was a leader of the Farmers' Alliance and helped found the Populist Party .
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.
Jun 12, 2006 · Learn about the life and career of Leonidas Polk, a clergyman-turned-soldier who led Confederate troops in Missouri and Georgia. Find out how he was killed by a Union cannonball and what his critics and supporters said about him.
Jan 12, 2024 · Leonidas Polk was a prominent planter, clergyman, and politician in the South before the Civil War. He served as a Confederate lieutenant general and was killed by a Union artillery shell in 1864.
Leonidas Polk was a West Point graduate, planter, slave-owner and Episcopal bishop who, through the influence of his friend Jefferson Davis, began the Civil War as a major general in the Confederate army.
