The Leonidas Polk Churches:

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Bishop Leonidas Polk,
St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
Columbia, Tennessee.


"Leonidas Polk, fighting rector of
Trinity Church." -S. Frederick Starr,
SOUTHERN COMFORT, THE
GARDEN DISTRICT OF
NEW ORLEANS, 1800-1900, 1989

 

Grace Church, St. Francisville, Louisiana.

THE RT. REV. LEONIDAS POLK
1ST BISHOP OF LOUISIANA
1841-1864


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1820's and 1830's
1840's
1850's
1860's


Old Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; built 1836, moved 1911; successor to site of baptism of cadet Leonidas Polk, 1826.

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Seminary Chapel, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia; seminarian Leonidas Polk, 1827.


Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia; deacon and assistant to Bishop Moore 1830; memorial plaque to Bishop and Lieut. General Leonidas Polk placed by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, 1940.


St. Peter's, Columbia, Tennessee; rector 1834, Rev. Leonidas Polk.
Christ Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi; cornerstone laid April 19, 1830, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk; consecrated by first bishop of Tennessee, Rt. Rev. James Hervey Otey.


St. Mark's, Shreveport, Louisiana; first Christian service in Shreveport 1839, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk


St. Mark's, Raymond, Mississippi; congregation visitation, April 15, 1839, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Christ Church, Houston, Texas; received visitation c. 1839, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Christ Church, Little Rock, Arkansas; founded 1839, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


St. Paul's, New Orleans, Louisiana; first building built 1839; consecrated later by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.

St. Paul's, Woodville, Mississippi, near the Davis family's Rosemont Plantation; site of confirmation of Jane Cook Davis, mother of Jefferson Davis, circa 1830's, performed by Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.

 


Grace Church, Canton, Mississippi; 1840 service held in Canton by Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, leading to organization in 1848.


Trinity Church, Natchez, Mississippi; re-consecrated 1840, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk .


Trinity Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma; completed 1926; Indian Territory visitation 1841, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Christ Church, Mobile, Alabama; consecrated 1842, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.

St. John's, Mount Pleasant, Tennessee; family plantation church built by rector Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk and brothers 1839-1841; consecrated 1842 by Rt. Rev. James Hervey Otey, first Bishop of Tennessee.

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St. Paul's, Greensboro, Alabama; consecrated 1843, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.
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St. James', Livingston, Alabama; consecrated 1843, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


St. John's, Thibodaux, Louisiana; organized, built, and consecrated 1843-1845, by first Bishop of Louisiana, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Christ Church, Matagorda, Texas, "Mother Church of Texas," consecrated February 25, 1844, by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


St. James', Alexandria, Louisiana; April 4, 1839, visitation to city by the Missionary Bishop of the Southwest; May 5, 1844, congregation organized by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Church of the Ascension, Lafayette, Louisiana; begun 1845; consecrated by Bishop Polk?


Christ Church, Covington, Louisiana; consecrated April, 11, 1847, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Christ Church, Napoleonville, Louisiana; consecrated May 10, 1854, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


St. Matthew's, Houma, Louisiana; first services held by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk; chartered May 15, 1855; cornerstone laid by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, January 12, 1858..


Trinity Church, New Orleans, Louisiana; rector 1855, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


St. Mary's, Franklin, Louisiana; consecrated 1856, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Trinity Church, Natchitoches, Louisiana; first services on March 31, 1839, Missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Leonidas Polk; cornerstone laid April, 1857, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.

St. John's, Montgomery, Alabama; hosted second meeting of the Board of Trustees of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, November 25, 1857, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk's choice of Sewanee location approved; hosted Secession Convention of the Southern Churches, July, 1861; hosted C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis.


Church of the Epiphany, New Iberia, Louisiana; consecrated May 16, 1858, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


St. Stephen's, Innis, Louisiana; consecrated circa 1858, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Grace Church, St. Francisville, Louisiana; visitation in 1839 and cornerstone laid circa 1858, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.


Mt. Olivet Chapel, Pineville, Louisiana; consecrated 1859, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.

Trinity Church, Cheneyville, Louisiana; consecrated 1861, Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk.
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St. Philip's, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; October 9, 1862, visited by Bishop-General Leonidas Polk and Army of Tennessee's Chaplain Rev. Dr. Charles Todd Quintard after the Battle of Perryville.


Trinity Church, Demopolis, Alabama; frequently visited by Bishop-General Leonidas Polk during the Confederate encampment in Demopolis, 1864


St. Luke's, Jacksonville, Alabama; service held by Bishop-General Leonidas Polk, 1864; marker erected by General John H. Forney Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, April, 26, 1937. Possibly the last Episcopal church ever visited by Leonidas Polk while living.
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St. Luke's, Atlanta, Georgia, June 15, 1865, Bishop-General Leonidas Polk's martyred body laid in state in front of altar.
St. Paul's, Augusta, Georgia; site of Bishop-General Leonidas Polk's first burial, June 29, 1864.


1940's
Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana; earlier building consecrated by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, April 17, 1847; site of Bishop-General Leonidas Polk's reinterrment, 1945.

The Leonidas Polk Memorial Episcopal Church, Leesville, Louisiana; established 1948.


1950's
All Saints' Chapel, Sewanee, Tennessee; numerous memorials to University Leading Founder Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk (later Lieut.-Gen., C.S.A.), including the 1959 Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon.

From SO GREAT A GOOD, 1955, Memorials and Gifts, Christ Church Cathedral [News Orleans]:
Furnishings: Gifts- Bishops Chair with insignia (native wood), used by the first Bishop of Louisiana; St. Luke's Church, p. 416
Pictures: Gifts- Enlarged photographs (framed): Bishops Polk, Wilmer, Galleher; Unknown donor, p. 418
Stained Glass Windows: Memorials- South Transept: Large three-section window from the third Christ Church building- Bishop Polk, Bishop Wilmer, the Rev. Hull, p. 419
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ON A SITE APPROXIMATELY
400 YARDS EAST STOOD

CHRIST CHURCH

First Episcopal Church in Texas.

Organized January 27, 1839. The Rev. Caleb S. Ives, Rector. Building
consecrated February 25, 1844 by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, D.D,
Bishop of Louisiana. Diocese of
Texas Established January 1, 1849. Building destroyed by hurricane September 11, 1854. Rebuilt on present site. The Rev. Mr. Ives
and his wife established and
Taught an early school in con-
nection with this parish.

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Historical marker, Shreveport, District 3, 875 Cotton Street, Caddo Parish-

CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS
EPISCOPAL
Bishop Leonidas Polk conducted first Episcopal service in Shreveport March 24, 1829. St. Paul's Church formed 1845, renamed Grace Church 1851, renamed St. Mark's 1859, St. Mark's relocated 1954. Holy Cross organized 1954.

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Mississippi historical marker, Vicksburg-

CHRIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

Founded 1828. Nave and tower
constructed 1839-43. Corner-
stone laid by Bishop Leonidas
Polk. Despite the bombardment,
the Rev. W.W. Lord conducted
daily services here during
the Siege of Vicksburg.
Location: Vicksburg

 


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Historical marker, St. Francisville, Louisiana-

GRACE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

As one of Louisiana's oldest
Protestant Churches, its history
began in 1827 in St. Francisville;
Investiture came in 1829, with
Bishop Polk's Visitation in 1839.
Shelled during the Civil War, the
Church began to rebuild with
final restoration in the 1880's.

Erected by the Louisiana Tourist Commission, 1969

Alexander Stirling Chapter
Daughters of
The American Revolution

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Alabama historical marker, Greensboro, Alabama-

SAINT PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

This parish established 1830. Third oldest in Alabama diocese. Church consecrated in 1843 by Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana, (later a Confederate general). Here Nicholas H. Cobbs was chosen first Bishop of Alabama in 1844. First vestrymen: Dr. Richard E. Meade, Dr. R. C. Randolph, Dr. R. W. Withers, J. Bell, J. B. Strickney, Dr. R. Inge, Frank Inge, William Murphy, Col. Samuel Pickens.

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Mississippi historical marker, Canton, Mississippi-

GRACE CHURCH
(Episcopal)

Earliest services held, 1840,
by "Fighting" Bishop Leonidas
Polk. Parish organized, 1848,
with Edward Fontaine as
rector. Building, dating from
1853, is Canton's oldest
church structure.




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Historical marker, St. John's Episcopal Church, Ashwood, Tennessee-











ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Erected in 1842 for worship and spiritual
instruction of white and negro people. Built under
supervision of the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk,
Bishop of Louisiana, on land given by him and with
labor and materials contributed by him and his
brothers, R.K. Polk, G.W. Polk, L.J. Polk, and Dr. W.J. Polk.
Delivered into care and custody of the Bishop of Tenn.
as the property of the Diocese of Tenn.

Consecrated Sept. 4, 1842, by Rt. Rev. James Hervey
Otey, D.D., Bishop of Tenn.; assisted by Bishop Polk.

Bishop Otey, whose remains rest in the church-yard,
was born Jan. 27, 1800, at Liberty, Va.; elected first
Bishop of Tenn. June 1833; consecrated in Christ Church,
Philadelphia, Jan. 14, 1834; died April 23, 1863.

At the Battle of Franklin in Nov. 1864, the following
Confederate Generals were killed, and, among others
were buried in St. John's church-yard by Chaplain
Charles Todd Quintard, M.D. Their bodies afterward
being removed to their respective states:

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne
Brig. Gen. H.B. Granberry
Brig. Gen. O.R. Strahl
Brig. Gen S.R. Gist

Annual pilgrimages, held on the last Sunday in May with
services led by Bishop of Tenn., were initiated in 1921.

Custody and upkeep of the Property is in charge of
St. John's Association, organized May 25, 1924.
Rt.Rev. James M. Maxon, D.D. President: Wm. Dudley Gale, Treas.

This memorial erected 1947 by
Diocese of Tennesse
St. John's Association
Tennessee Historical Commission






Tennessee Historical Commission marker 3 D 37, Ashwood, Tennessee-

ST. JOHN'S

Consecrated Sept. 4, 1842, by James
Hervey Otey, first Episcopal Bishop
of Tennessee, this church was build
by Leonidas Polk, then Missionary
Bishop of Southwest and his three
brothers, George, Lucius, and Rufus,
who divided a grant received from
their father, Col. William Polk, of
North Carolina. Memorial services
are held here on Whitdusnday.


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Historical marker, Thibodaux, District 2, Highway 20, Lafourche Parish-


ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

One of the oldest Episcopal churches
in the Mississippi
Valley. Parish organized in
1843. Cornerstone of church laid in
January 1844. Consecrated in
March of same year by Bishop
Leonidas Polk, first Bishop
of Louisiana.

Erected by the Louisiana Tourism Development Commission, 1974.




"Sword Over the Gown," St. John's Parish Hall.






Bishop Leonidas Polk kneeler cushion, St. John's altar rail.




Interior of St. John's.

Undated interior.

"March 16th 1845- Palm Sunday- On this day St. John's Church, Thibodaux, Louisiana, was consecrated by the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, DD, Bishop of the Diocese, to the Service of Almighty God." -Rev. David Kerr, "THE REMAKABLEY NEAT CHURCH IN THE VILLAGE OF THIBODAUX," AN ANTEBELLUM HISTORY OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, David D. Plater, 1994



ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CORNERSTONE LAID
JANUAY 1, 1844
BY THE RT. REV. LEONIDAS POLK, D.D.
FIRST BISHOP OF LOUISIANA

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Historical marker,Covington, District 62, 120 N. New Hampshire, St. Tammany Parish-

("Leonidas K. Polk" is an error. He had no middle name.)

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Built 1846 by Jonathan Arthur of London for descendants of English settlers in British West Florida, consecrated by Bishop Leonidas K. Polk, April 11, 1847, Christ church is the oldest public building being used in Covington.

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Historical maker, Napoleonville, District 8, Parish. Assumption Parish-

("Leonidas K. Polk" is in error. He had no middle initial.)

CHRIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

Site of Elm Hall Plantation
donated by Dr. E. E. Kittredge. Congregation organized and
church constructed in 1853.
Frank Willis, Architect. Consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas K. Polk in 1854.
W.W. Pugh, Warden, 1853-1905.

Erected by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism 1981

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Houma, Louisiana-

("Leonidas K. Polk" is in error. He had no middle initial.)

ST. MATTHEW'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Chartered on May 15, 1855 by
The Rt. Rev. Leonidas K. Polk,
first Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana.
The first building was erected in 1858.
Present cypress structure was completed in 1892
During the War Between the States its
first Rector, The Rev. Moses E. Wilson,
served as a Union Army chaplain. Its
second Rector, The Rev. George W. Stickney,
served as a Confederate Army chaplain.
In 1989 St. Matthew's was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.


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St. Stephen's, Innis, Louisiana.

ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
OLD WILLIAMSPORT

St. Stephen's was founded in 1848. The
building is the first solid brick edifice in
Pointe Coupee Parish. Built with hand made
brick and slave labor. Consecrated May 1, 1859,
by Bishop Leonidas Polk, later a Confederate
General. Had the first "Boy's Choir" and "Woman
Layreader" in the diocese. The cemetery
pre-dates the church and contains many
prominent Pointe Coupee families. The Monument stands in memory of the Confederate soldiers buried there.

The restoration was done under the leadership
of the Rev. Father Lyle F. Parratt, rector
from Sept., 1970, to Dec., 1978. The church was
named to the National Register of Historic
places in 1974. Restoration was completed
with federal funds and contributions from
members of the congregation and friends.

Confederate Monument, cemetery,
St. Stephen's, Innis, Louisiana.

CSA

 

SACRED TO THE VALOR
AND PATRIOTISM OF THE
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
OF POINTE COUPEE.
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TO OUR
COMRADES

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New Iberia, Louisiana-

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
OF THE EPIPHANY

Built in 1858 on land donated by Harvey
Hopkins. Consecrated May 16, 1858 by
The Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, first Episcopal
Bishop of Louisiana. This Gothic Revival
structure is the oldest non-residential
building in New Iberia. During the War
Between the States the church was used as a
guard house and hospital by Union troops.
Behind the altar is a Tiffany
stained-glass window installed in 1884.
This church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.


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Cheneyville, Louisiana-

TRINITY EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

Gothic Revival church built of
handmade brick in 1860 and
designed with separate gallery
for slaves. Consecrated by
Bishop Leonidas Polk in 1861.
Original congregation included
several prominent planters of
the surrounding area.

Erected by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism 1979

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Historical marker, Pineville, District 8, Rapides Parish-:

MT. OLIVET
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Completed and consecrated in 1859 by Bishop Leonidas Polk. Construction supervised by Charles Schraeder, a native of Germany. Wife of Rev. Amos D. McCoy of church in Alexandria initiated the construction of the chapel.

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"The visit of Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, to Shelbyville was a great event. He arrived on the 23rd of May and was most affectionately welcomed by his friend General Polk, and remained with us at Mr. Gosling's house two weeks. Services were held every day and the Bishop preached. Everywhere he was received most enthusiastically. The Presbyterian Church in Shelbyville, was by far the largest church building in the town, and as it was without a pastor at the time, I had been invited to occupy it and had accepted the very kind invitation. We accordingly held services there on Sunday, the 24th of May. In the morning I said the service and the Bishop celebrated the Holy Communion and preached. In the afternoon the Bishop preached one of his most eloquent sermons, and I presented a class of ten persons for confirmation. It included Colonel Yeatman; Colonel Porter (of the Sixth Tennessee); Major Hoxton, Chief of Artillery on Hardee's staff; Lieutenant Smith, on General Cheatham's staff; Surgeon Green, (Fourth Tennessee); four privates of my own regiment; one private of the Fifty-first Alabama Cavalry; and a lady." -Rev. Dr. Charles Todd Quintard, DOCTOR QUINTARD, CHAPLAIN C.S.A. AND SECOND BISHOP OF TENNESSEE, BEING HIS STORY OF THE WAR (1861 - 1865), Edited and Extended by the Rev. Arthur Howard Noll, 1905


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Christ Memorial Episcopal Church, Mansfield, Louisiana-

Christ Memorial served as hospital during/after the last major Confederate victory of the War Between the States- the Battle of Mansfield.



In Christ Memorial Church, Mansfield, Louisiana.



Christ Memorial Church altar-

+ HOLY + HOLY + HOLY +


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Battle of Mansfield
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Located in Mansfield, LA, Dist. 4, DeSoto Parish.

Fashion Plantation
Home of General Richard Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor, Louisiana Statesman, and member of 1861 Secession Convention. Commanded Louisiana district, 1862-64; defeated Banks at battle of Mansfield, 1864. Federals plundered home in 1862.

Located in Hahnville, LA, Dist. 2, Hwy 18, St. Charles Parish.


Battle of Vermilionville
Confederate forces under General R. Taylor and immediate command of General Alfred Mouton, who was killed at Mansfield, defended Teche valley. Here they fought a rear guard action with Federal forces led by General N. Banks, 1863.

Replaced by #309. Was located in Lafayette, District 3, Highway 90, Lafayette Parish.


General Alfred Mouton (1829-1864)
Confederate brigadier General from Lafayette who served in Shiloh, Lafourche, Teche, and Red River campaigns. Killed in Mansfield, leading Confederacy to its most important military victory west of the Mississippi.

Located Lafayette Parish. BILINGUAL
(#309 at http://www.enlou.com/documents/historicmarkers.htm)



Erected by the Department of Culture,
Recreation and Tourism, 1982.



"The Yankees 'had a white flag flying, and [Mouton] rode up to receive their surrender when he was shot... they paid dearly for the dasterdly act.' " -B.G. Goodrich in GALLANT DEAD: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War, Derek Smith, 2005

 

Colonel Leopold L Armant
Enlisted in Confederate Army, 1861; died heroically at Battle of Mansfield, 1864. Served in Yellow Jacket Battalion. Commandant of 18th Volunteer Infantry Regulars and Mouton Brigade. His ancestors were Jean Marie, Jean Baptiste, and Jean Seraphim Armant, St. James planters and army officers.

Located in Vacherie, District 2, Hwy 18, St. James Parish.

Land’s End Plantation
1835 Established by Colonel Henry Marshall, signer Louisiana Ordinance of secession and Confederate constitution, Member of Confederate Congress. House built 1857. Used as hospital Battle of Mansfield, 1864.

Located in Stonewall, District 4, Land's End Plantation, DeSoto Parish.

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Battle of Mansfield

Orders of Battle

ORDERS OF BATTLE FOR THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGN
MARCH – MAY 1864
OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA

CONFEDERATE FORCES

Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith commanding the Army of the Trans-Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor commanding the District of Western Louisiana

Unattached – 2nd Battalion Louisiana State Guards

(Source: http://www.mansfieldbattlefield.org/aboutthebattle.asp, viewed 7/22/05.)

"E.Q.B. POST MORTEMS- May 9, 1878. At the E.Q.B. Gen. Smith [Kirby-Smith] gave us a condensed account of the great campaign in which he completely defeated not only Gen. Banks but the whole system of Federal operation against the Trans-Mississippi Department in 1864." -John McCrady Diary, in SEWANEE SAMPLER, Arthur Ben and Elizabeth N. Chitty, 1978




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Altar cross at Grace Memorial Church, Hammond, Louisiana-
given in Memory of Bishop Leonidas Polk.

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Jacksonville, Alabama; lower left corner; north northeast perspective.



Jacksonville, Alabama, lower right corner; eastern perspective;
Piedmont, Alabama, top left corner.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Alabama, was
the last Episcopal church ever visted by
Bishop-General Leonidas Polk,
first Bishop of Louisiana, while living-




St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Alabama;
erected the same year as Bishop Leonidas Polk wrote his
New Orleans Letter.
















GENERAL LEONIDAS POLK C.S.A.
BISHOP OF LOUISIANA
HELD SERVICE IN THIS CHURCH 1864
ERECTED BY GENERAL JOHN H. FORNEY
CHAPTER U.D.C.
APRIL 26, 1937





The spire of St. Luke's Episcopal Church
behind the Jacksonville town square.






Confederate monument, town square,
Jacksonville, Alabama.






C.S.A.
1861 1865
CONFEDERATE SOLIDERS



Let none of the survivors of
these men offer in their
behalf the pentinential plea.
"They believed they were
right." Be it ours to trans-
mit to posterity your unequiv-
ocal confidence in the right-
eousness of the Cause for
which these men died.



ERECTED BY THE
GEN. JOHN H. FORNEY
CHAPTER U.D.C.
IN MEMORY OF
THE GALLANT
CONFEDERATE SOLIDERS
OF CALHOUN COUNTY.



"Times change, men often
change with them.
Principles never."












At Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama-



Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

 




The Gallant Pelham, Jacksonville Cemetery.









The rededication of the
Gallant Pelham monument, October 8, 2005;
100th unveiling anniversay sponsored by
The John Pelham Historical Association.









C.S.A.




Erected by the
General John H. Forney
Chapter U.D.C. Jacksonville
Alabama,1905.




How shall we rank thee
upon glory's page
Than more than Soldier.








MAJOR JOHN PELHAM
born in
Alexandria, Alabama
September 7, 1838
Kille at the battel of Kellys Ford
March 17, 1863




John Pelham
Lieut Col Stuart's Va Arty
Confederate States Army
Sep 7 1838 Mar 17 1863



Alabama Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
at the Gallant Pelham monument centennial anniversary.




U.D.C.
Alabama Centennial
1897-1997






Courtesy of the Archives of
The John Pelham Historical Association,
Jacksonville Library.




Alabama cotton growing in the Nances Creek Community,
 within the valley of the mountains of Choccolocco
and Dugger, east of Jacksonville.


 



Confederate memorial in
Nances Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery.






CONFEDERATE VETERANS

Sons of Confederate Veterans
1996



IN MEMORY OF

Anderson, J.M.
Borden, William H.
Brown, John T.
Chambers, John T.
Hollingsworth, John
Hughes, W.P
King, John H.
Morgan, George W.
Morgan, J.D.
Morgan, William T.
Thompson, Henry W.
Upshaw, John R.
Wilkerson, T.W.

YOUR PERSONAL SACRIFICES
WILL BE REMEMBERED ALWAYS

Dedicated by
S.C.V.
Piedmont Camp #522
and
Nances Creek Community
12 May 1991





Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 8, near Bluffton, Alabama.




"...All the churches over there looked empty on Sunday morning. And then I saw her on the front steps of the prayer house looking sad and lonely while waiting for anyone to come join her. She was wearing her best purple dress and holding the Holy Bible close to her ample bosom, standing there like the last Christian in Alabama."


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