"Well, Govan, if we must die, let us die like men."
Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne
On Dec. 6, 1866, a new county was carved out of Alabama’s Calhoun, Randolph and Talladega counties and named Cleburne County in honor of a Civil War hero.
“The
story of his life should be a movie,” said Janet Baber, the artist who
painted Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne’s portrait, which
hangs in the Cleburne County Courthouse. “He was such a role model.”
Cleburne was an Irish immigrant
who fought for his adopted country — the Confederacy — in the Civil War.
He was so well-loved by his men, they requested their home states honor
him. Although he settled in Arkansas, Cleburne commanded three Alabama
regiments, the 16th, 33rd and 45th.
He was engaged to Mobile resident Susan Tarleton when he died in
battle. Alabamians who knew of him through those connections were
instrumental in getting the county named after him, said Baber, whose
ancestors were among them.
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If they ever filmed the Battle of Franklin, Cleburne's death would be tough to watch. He was shot to doll rags and his body looted after death.
ReplyDeleteAs I remember he had 2/3 horses shot out from under him, then he charged on foot and was shot through the heart.
Delete"General Cleburne's mare had her fore feet on top of the works, dead in that position. General Cleburne's body was pierced with forty-nine bullets, through and through." - - Sam Watkins, Co. Aytch.
DeleteI checked and it was 2 horses and lets hope the first bullet was in the heart.
Delete*nods* Watkins may have been relying on hearsay evidence. I'm guessing that, if Cleburne was shot multiple times, that most of the gunshots were post-mortem, he may have been hung up in the abatis and caught a lot of random bullets.
DeleteYes, unfortunately it seems no one reported who was near him which seems odd unless they were all killed which is certainly possible.
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