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Leonidas Polk was one of the antebellum South's most significant religious leaders. The son of a wealthy, slaveholding veteran of the Revolutionary War, Polk graduated from West Point in 1827 and seemed destined for martial service. Instead he pursued a ministerial career and was the first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana. Polk attempted to cultivate a religious solidarity among white Southerners of all classes and to broaden the social and cultural appeal of Episcopalianism in the South. Ultimately, Polk's Lost Cause mythmakers developed a public memory of the bishop general that celebrated the virtue of the Christian gentleman who had waged war for Southern independence. A considerable amount of new information on Polk's family, time at West Point, ministry, life as a planter, role with Sewanee, and his place within the pantheon of Lost Cause icons has been brought to light. What emerges is a clearer portrait of the Bishop of the Old South.

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  • Title The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk
  • Author Glenn Robins
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 243
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mercer University Press, Macon
  • Publication date September 30, 2006
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780881460384 / 0881460389
  • Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.32 x 0.94 in (23.62 x 16.05 x 2.39 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Confederate States of America, United States - History - Civil War,
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006022090
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Foreword, 01/01/2007, Page 43
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2007, Page 1
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