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The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Career of Leonidas Polk.(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Ministry and Civil War Career of Leonidas Polk Work Author(s): Glenn Robins...but often plodding, biography of Leonidas Polk (1806--1864), the author...Jackson asked Polk's father where Leonidas Polk was stationed, his father...
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The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk. By Glenn Robins. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University...at the captivity historiography with his new study of Leonidas Polk, arguing that Episcopalians have also shaped the region...
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The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk. By Glenn Robins. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University...243. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-88146-038-4.) Leonidas Polk was the most aggressive of the soumern Episcopal bishops...
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War's outbreak leads clergy to leave pulpit, answer call to arms.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; Fort Polk in Louisiana may be the only Army post...named for a clergyman - Episcopal Bishop Leonidas Polk, who is known more for his military activities...become a poor preacher!" Actually, Leonidas Polk became both a good preacher and a...
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Southern soldiers
Magazine article from: Military Images; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...attached himself to the staff of General Leonidas Polk, the fighting Episcopal Bishop...ordnance expert. In August of 1862, Polk named Rawle acting chief of ordnance...William Hardee and the aforementioned Leonidas Polk. Moreover, Bragg felt that...
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Huge Civil War collection goes on the auction block
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 7/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...sword owned by Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk -- who was killed by a well-aimed...Ga., a distant descendant of Polk -- an Episcopal bishop as well as...mother's side; her maiden name was Polk. Other items include rare Union...
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CALDERA ASKS ARMY TO HARNESS 'REVOLUTION IN TECHNOLOGY'
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 10/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 FORT POLK, La. (Army News Service, Oct. 20...Caldera. Caldera addressed members of the Leonidas Polk Chapter of the Association of the United...during his first official visit to Fort Polk Sept. 30. Caldera said recent drawdowns...
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Operations other than war
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 2/16/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Schofield five years ago from Fort Polk, Lt. Gen. George Fisher, then...Force Warrior. face=+2; Fort Polk factsface=-2; face=+Bold...face=-Bold; The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana...
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Employers witness workers on duty
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 1/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; FORT POLK, La. They came to see what their guys...their regular jobs. face=+2; Fort Polk factsface=-2; face=+Bold; Establishedface...after: face=-Bold; The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, the first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana...
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Aggressive, tenacious tactics of `Fightin' Joe'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/25/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Lt. Gens. William Hardee and Leonidas Polk. Bragg had his army scattered over...four days, General." To this, Polk shrugged in disbelief and Hardee...his commander along with Hardee and Polk sitting on their horses in a conference...
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Leonidas Lafayette Polk Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892), American agrarian crusader, editor...post-Civil War champions of the farmer. Of sturdy yeoman stock, Leonidas L. Polk was born on April 24, 1837, in Anson County, N.C...
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Leonidas Polk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Leonidas Polk 1806-64, American Episcopal bishop and Confederate general in the Civil...accused him of dilatoriness at Chickamauga (Sept.) and had him relieved. Polk assumed command of the Army of Mississippi (Dec.) and fought in the Atlanta...
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Polk, Leonidas
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Polk, Leonidas (1806–64) Confederate army officer. The North Carolinian...to undermine Bragg's career and reputation, eventually succeeding. Polk was killed by artillery fire while observing Union positions near Atlanta...
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Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas (1819–93) Union army officer and lawyer, born in Russellville...news of the victory at Buena Vista (1847) to President James K. Polk . In the Civil War , he commanded and reorganized Kentucky's state...
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Fort Polk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Polk U.S. army post, 200,000 acres (80,937 hectares), SW La.; est. 1941 and named for the Rev. Leonidas Polk. It is a major army warm-weather training center.
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