The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas PolkLeonidas 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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... expressed the values of the Southern slave society , and through their positions of leadership quite literally guided the Confederate quest for an independent republic . Moreover , the denomination deserves consideration as an important ...
... expressed the values of the Southern slave society , and through their positions of leadership quite literally guided the Confederate quest for an independent republic . Moreover , the denomination deserves consideration as an important ...
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... expressed a similar confidence in Polk . He ordered the colonel " to succeed to the militia command held by the late General [ William Lee ] Davidson , " and to muster out " five hundred riflemen to join the southern army . " Under ...
... expressed a similar confidence in Polk . He ordered the colonel " to succeed to the militia command held by the late General [ William Lee ] Davidson , " and to muster out " five hundred riflemen to join the southern army . " Under ...
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... expression of feeling burst forth in a lengthened huzza from the attendant crowd . " 15 For many members of the Revolutionary generation , Lafayette served as an international symbol of their particular version of liberty and republican ...
... expression of feeling burst forth in a lengthened huzza from the attendant crowd . " 15 For many members of the Revolutionary generation , Lafayette served as an international symbol of their particular version of liberty and republican ...
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... expressed their love for their children by honoring them with the name of a grandparent or close relative . This 26 William S. Powell , Dictionary of North Carolina Biography , 6 vols . ( Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ...
... expressed their love for their children by honoring them with the name of a grandparent or close relative . This 26 William S. Powell , Dictionary of North Carolina Biography , 6 vols . ( Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ...
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Evangelical Origins | 35 |
The Planter as Priest | 74 |
The Emergence of a Southern Nationalist | 115 |
The Bishop as General | 151 |
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Page 5 - Polk and Middleton, who commanded the state infantry, were no less conspicuous for their good conduct than their intrepidity; and the troops under their command gave a specimen of what may be expected from men, naturally brave, when improved by proper discipline.