Key facts about Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, an ordained Episcopal bishop who was killed by a Union artillery shell at Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, on June 14,
Full Name:
Birth Date:
Birth Location:
Parents:
William and Sarah (Hawkins) Polk
Education:
United States Military Academy ()
Occupation:
Military officer
Clergyman
Career Summary:
Second Lieutenant (USA)
Episcopalian Bishop
Major General (CSA)
Spouse:
Frances Ann Deveraux ()
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Place of Death:
Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia
Date of Death:
Place of Burial:
Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana
Significance:
Leonidas Polk was the second son and third of eleven children born to William and Sarah (Hawkins) Polk.
Leonidas Polk&#;s father was a colonel in the Revolutionary War, who acquired a great deal of land working as a surveyor.
Leonidas Polk attended United States Military Academy from July 1, to July 1,