Leonidas Polk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leonidas Polk

Confederate Army general

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1806

Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1864

Profession: priest, military personnel, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Leonidas Polk

  • Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, USA, and a second cousin of President James K.
  • Polk.
  • He was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.
  • He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major general in the Confederate army (called "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop").
  • His official portrait at the University of the South depicts him dressed as a bishop with his army uniform hanging nearby. He is often erroneously named "Leonidas K.
  • Polk".
  • He had no middle name and never signed any documents as such.
  • The errant "K" was derived from his listing in the post-bellum New Orleans press as "Polk, Leon.
  • (k)", signifying "killed in action".Polk was one of the more notable, yet controversial, political generals of the war.
  • Recognizing his indispensable familiarity with the Mississippi Valley, Confederate President Jefferson Davis commissioned his elevation to a high military position regardless of his lack of prior combat experience.
  • He commanded troops in the Battle of Shiloh, the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Stones River, the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga, the Chattanooga Campaign, and the Atlanta Campaign.
  • He is remembered for his bitter disagreements with his immediate superior, the likewise-controversial General Braxton Bragg of the Army of Tennessee, and for his general lack of success in combat.
  • While serving under the command of General Joseph E.
  • Johnston, he was killed in action in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign.

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