Confederate General, Leonidas Polk, c. 1860
Confederate General, Leonidas Polk, c. 1860, in his vestments as the Episcopalian Bishop of Louisiana. As a political general, he was poor field commander. He was in command at several important US Civil War battles: Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River (Murfreesboro), and Chickamauga. He was killed in action in the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. Mathew Brady photo
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13123443
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45384013
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2115px x 3000px
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
