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See also:POLK, See also:LEONIDAS (1806-1864) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born at See also:Raleigh, See also:North Carolina, on the loth of See also:April 1806, and was a See also:cousin of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Knox Polk, See also:president of the See also:United States. He was educated at See also:West Point, but afterwards studied See also:theology and took orders in the See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in 1831. In 1838 he became missionary See also:bishop of the See also:South-West, See also:Arkansas,
See also:Indian Territory, See also:Louisiana, See also:Alabama and See also:Mississippi, and in 1841 he was consecrated bishop of Louisiana. His See also:work in the Church was largely of an educational See also:kind, and he played a prominent See also:part in movements for the See also:establishment of higher
educational institutions in the South. At the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War in 1861 he resigned his bishopric and, like many other clergymen and ministers of See also:religion, entered the See also:army which was raised to defend the Confederacy. His See also:rank in the See also:hierarchy and the universal respect in which he was held in the South, rather than his See also:early military See also:education, caused him to be appointed to the important rank of See also:major-See also:general. He fortified the See also:post of See also:Columbus, See also:Kentucky, the foremost See also:line of See also:defence on the Mississippi, against which Brigadier-General U. S. See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant directed the offensive See also:reconnaissance of See also:Belmont in the autumn. In the following See also:spring, the first line of defence having fallen, Polk commanded a See also:corps at See also:Shiloh in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field army commanded by See also:Albert See also:Sidney See also:Johnston and See also:Beauregard. In See also:October 1862 he was promoted See also:lieutenant-general, and thenceforward he commanded one of the three corps of the army of See also:Tennessee under See also:Bragg and afterwards was in See also:charge of the See also:Department of Alabama, Mississippi and See also:East Louisiana. He was killed in the fighting in front of See also:Marietta, while reconnoitring near See also:Pine See also:Mountain, See also:Georgia, on the 14th of See also:June 1864.
See See also:Life, by his son W. M. Polk, (1893).
End of Article: POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)
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