Birthdate: April 10, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Died: June 14, 1864
Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk was an American Confederate military officer and bishop. He founded the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America and later became a major-general in the Confederate States Army. Polk was nicknamed “Sewanee’s Fighting Bishop” and played important roles in battles such as Shiloh, Chickamauga, and the Atlanta Campaign during the Civil War. His relationship with General Braxton Bragg was contentious, and he was killed in action during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864.
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