Confederate General Leonidas Polk
eBook - ePub

Confederate General Leonidas Polk

Louisiana's Fighting Bishop

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Confederate General Leonidas Polk

Louisiana's Fighting Bishop

About this book

Leonidas Polk is one of the most fascinating figures of the Civil War. Consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church and commissioned as a general into the Confederate army, Polk's life in both spheres blended into a unique historical composite. Polk was a man with deep religious convictions but equally committed to the Confederate cause. He baptized soldiers on the eve of bloody battles, administered last rites and even presided over officers' weddings, all while leading his soldiers into battle. Historian Cheryl White examines the life of this soldier-saint and the legacy of a man who unquestionably brought the first viable and lively Protestant presence to Louisiana and yet represents the politics of one of the darkest periods in American history.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1. The Controversy of Leonidas Polk
  9. 2. Early Life, Education and a Christian Calling
  10. 3. Farmer, Preacher, Missionary Bishop
  11. 4. Bishop Polk in Antebellum Louisiana
  12. 5. Louisiana Secession Politics, War and the Protestant Episcopal Church
  13. 6. Major General Leonidas Polk in the Mississippi Valley, 1861
  14. 7. In the Army of Tennessee and Conflict with Braxton Bragg: 1862–63
  15. 8. The Death and Legacy of the Bishop-General
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. About the Author