Confederate General Leonidas Polk - Louisiana's Fighting Bishop

Leonidas Polk is one of the most fascinating figures of the Civil War. Consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church and commissioned as a general into the Confederate army, Polk's life in both spheres blended into a unique historical composite. Polk wa

About the author

Cheryl H. White, Ph.D. is a professor of history at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Her research interests include medieval Europe, Tudor England and Christian/religious history. In addition to numerous journal articles and academic conference presentations, she has co-written two previous titles: Historic Haunts of Shreveport"? and "Wicked Shreveport."?"

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl H White, Cheryl H. White
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2013
• EAN: 9781609497378
• ISBN: 978-1-60949-737-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Biografien: Religion und Spirituelles, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)