Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (March 17, 1828 – November 30, 1864) was an
Irish American soldier, best known for his service in the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War. Cleburne was born in
County Cork,
Ireland. Cleburne served in the
41st Regiment of Foot, a Welsh regiment of the
British Army, after failing to gain entrance into
Trinity College of Medicine in 1846. He emigrated to the
United States three years later. At the beginning of the Civil War, Cleburne sided with the
Confederate States. He progressed from being a private soldier in the local militia to a division commander (major general). Cleburne participated in many successful military campaigns, especially the
Battle of Stones River, the
Battle of Missionary Ridge and the
Battle of Ringgold Gap. His strategic ability gained him the nickname "Stonewall of the West". He was mortally wounded during a frontal assault near the Carter Cotton Gin at the
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee on November 30th, 1864.
* Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, C.S.A. painting at the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville).
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky.
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky (Doctor's Creek).
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee (Rhea Spring just southeast of Shiloh Church).
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee (Tunnel Hill : Chattanooga Campaign)
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Pickett's Mill, Georgia (Site of Pickett's Mill).
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee.
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* Cleburne at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee (Winstead Hill) painting.
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* Cleburne Monument on Winstead Hill overlooking the city of Franklin, Tennessee.
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* Cleburne at the Harrison House just south of Winstead Hill painting.
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* The Harrison House.
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* Cleburne's Frontal Assault near the Carter Cotton Gin painting.
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* Cleburne Death Site Memorial near the Carter Cotton Gin.
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* Cleburne's body was transported from the battlefield to the Carnton Plantation.
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Cleburne's display at the Rogers House at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky.
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* Photos courtesy of William Bechmann (except paintings).