Leonidas Polk papers, 1838-1865.

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Leonidas Polk papers, 1838-1865.

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Letters about clergy matters in the areas under Polk's jurisdiction and minor references to the organization of missions in Texas, 1844. Two circulars by Polk to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Louisiana on the outbreak of the Civil War deal with separation of the southern diocese from the Protestant Episcopal Church, organization in the Confederate states, changes to be made, references to affairs of the Episcopal Church in the South, comments of others on Polk's military service during the Civil War, and a violent pro-Confederate sermon preached at his funeral, 1865.

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Louisiana

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Episcopal Church. Missionary Jurisdiction of Arkansas and the Indian Territory

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Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Louisiana. Bishop (1841-1864 : Polk)

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Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864

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Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church and Confederate general. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Banger, n.y. October 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 68116515 Polk, an Episcopal bishop, served as a major general in the Confederate army until he was killed by a cannon shot at Pine Mountain, Georgia, June 14, 1864. From the description of Letter, November 28, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 650825874 ...