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Confederate General Leonidas Polk Tintype

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Confederate General Leonidas Polk Tintype
<B>Confederate General Leonidas Polk Tintype</B></I> from a lithograph, approximately 1.5" square, in gilt brass frame. A printed label on the verso reads "Bishop Polk, Of Louisiana. Major-General in the Confederate Army". Dark toning, a few spots in the field above the subject. Fine condition overall. Polk's contemporaries delighted in the irony of his being an Episcopal bishop-turned-field commander. Consequently known as "The Fighting Bishop," Leonidas Polk was quite active in the Western Theater of the Civil War. He met his maker via Federal artillery during the Atlanta Campaign.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)