Leonidas Polk : Warrior Bishop of the Confederacy / Huston Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, Huston, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Episcopal Church--Bishops--Biography.

Episcopal Church.

Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864.

Polk, Leonidas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]

Summary:

"Second cousin to president James K. Polk, Leonidas Polk (1806-1864) joined the Episcopal Church in his senior year at West Point, and upon graduating enrolled in Virginia Theological Seminary. Shortly after being ordained as an Episcopal priest, he was appointed missionary bishop of the Southwest, then comprising lands west of the Mississippi, including Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1841, he was elected Bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Louisiana. A native of Tennessee, Polk was instrumental in founding The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1857. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Polk offered fellow West Point alumnus Jefferson Davis his services in the Confederate army. He was commissioned a major general in 1861. His command saw combat in the Western Theater at Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, and Chickamauga, after which Polk was transferred to the East. On June 14, 1864, Polk and fellow generals were scouting enemy positions at Pine Mountain in Georgia when Polk was killed by Federal artillery fire. While Polk is a well-known figure, particularly among Civil War historians and buffs, no recent scholarly biography of Polk exists except for a revised dissertation, focusing on Polk's Episcopal identity and ecclesiastical career, published by Mercer University Press in 2006"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Leonidas-A Name to Daunt the Northern Barbarians (1776-1825)

2. "Opinions . . . Most Awfully Dangerous" (1826)

3. "Board, Room, Servant, and All Other Like Necessities" (1826-1830)

4. "'Minding High Things' Too Much" (1828-1830)

5."At Any Moment Our Brightest Hopes May Be Nipt in the Bud" (1830-1832)

6. "A Disposition to Be Pulling Down and Fixing Things Better" (1832-1836)

7. "How Happily the Days of Thalaba Went By" (1836-1838)

8. "Not a Common Preacher

He Was Good for Something" (1839-1841)

9. "As It Is My Duty to Live Here, I Will Try My Best to Like It" (1841-1849)

10. "From This Time Forward We Were Beggars" (1850-1857)

11. A University Takes Root in Terra Incognita (1857-1860)

12. "My Dear General, Consider Me at Your Service" (1860-1861)

13. "I Am Afraid of the Polkism of Your Nature" (1861)

14. "I Beg Leave to Tender My Resignation" (1861)

15. The Battle of Belmont-Strutting and Bonhomie (1861)

16. "I Have Saved the Army from Divers Disasters" (1862)

17. Shiloh (1862)

18. "I Am as Happy as I Generally Am" (1862)

19. Perryville-"The Most Exciting Few Moments of My Life" (1862)

20. "I Believe I Have Been of Some Use to the Republic" (1862-1863)

21. General Rabbitt Escapes a Guerrilla Snare (1863)

22. "I Am Somewhat Afraid of Davis" (1863)

23. Bragg's Designs for a Satisfying Sabbath Disintegrate (1863)

24. "Fight Ever with True Hearts. Your Friend, L. Polk" (1863)

25. A "Monstrous Proposition . . . Revolting to Southern Sentiment" (1863-1864)

26. Presidential Adviser-Army Strategies and Naval Plots (1864)

27. "Old Friends Pleased to See Me Here" (1864)

28. "Were It Not to Defend Our Soil and Families, I Should Fear the Curse of God" (1864).

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Photo Gallery

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [545]-566) and index.

ISBN:

0-7006-2751-0

OCLC:

1378933815