On this date, April 10, 1806, Leonidas Lafayette Polk was born. He became Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. He also became a general in the Confederate Army and was killed, near Marietta, on Pine Mountain, June 14, 1864, proving once again, War is Hell, ever for church leaders.
The details of his death is interesting, but gruesome. General Sherman was at a highpoint in Kennesaw, or Big Shanty surveying the area through his telescope. A saw a group of the CSA on Pine Mountain. Sherman instructed his cannoneer s close by to fire a cannon ball near them to scatter the Confederates. They did, and most the men scattered for covered. But one didn't. Sherman ordered to lob another ball closer. Which they did. The cannon ball hit Polk squarely in the chest. It was a horrible site.
Not that it matters but Leondias Polk was second cousin to President James K. Polk.
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