Patrick Cleburne - Confederate General

Biography of General Patrick Cleburne, C.S.A.

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[JeddyRyan]

I'm not sure why Squirrel Rangler's comment was removed. It wasn't spam. But SR, I heard the property has been bought, a house is to be moved and a monument raised to Cleburne on the spot of the old Cotton Gin. Thanks for your comment! And again, I'm not sure why it was removed.

[DoResearchFirst]

If the south should lose, it means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy. That our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision. -Patrick Cleburne-

[Ihateworking1]

He's a badass...

I wonder what would have happened if he was commander of the Army of Tennessee instead of Hood?

[MyWerewolflover14]

I live in Cleburne.

[richmeister22]

@Ihateworking1 I agree. Hood may have been a good commander, but he was stubborn and shortsighted at the cost of thousands of his own men's lives. General Cleburne on the other hand was much more respected by the men, and had he been in charge, I doubt the whole ill conceived Tennesee campaign would have been attempted in the first place.

[AUG351]

@Ihateworking1 He would have recruited many blacks into service as he wanted and tried to do, some were already fighting for the Confederacy and had done well. It would have given the Confederates many more needed troops. The only thing though was that if done so they might have escaped to join the Union or retaliated against the Confederates in battle.

[Bhobbs1985]

@Ihateworking1 -- Doubtful that Cleburne would have destroyed his own army by making the same mistake that was made at Gettysburg times how many charges? Hood had already lost his arm, his leg, was being strapped into his horse at the time of the battle. I think he was so full of vengence and hatred at this point in the war that he'd lost his logic in command. He should not have been in charge at Franklin, but, not totally sure the war wasnt already lost at that point regaurdless.

[Bhobbs1985]

@JeddyRyan --I was in Franklin in 2004 & last I knew there was a Pizza Hut sitting where the Cotton Gin and Cleburne was killed. I was pretty disgusted by the matter. Such a really poor job of protecting the battlefields & you can only see a few select spots on the field and houses that were around at the time of the war. Even the trenches that was filled with blood next to the Carter house is a flower shop. People in Franklin should be shamed of there destruction of history to get rich.

[Southernjuggalo63]

@JeddyRyan patrick cleburne was leading missouri confederates not texans