Patrick Cleburne

Patrick R. Cleburne (1828-1864) was an Irish-born Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Having immigrated to Arkansas in 1850, Cleburne fell in love with his adopted state and volunteered to fight for the Confederate States in 1861. He fought in several significant campaigns in the western theater of the war and steadily rose through the ranks to become a major general. Regarded as one of the most competent division commanders on either side of the conflict, he was respected by his men and earned the nickname 'Stonewall of the West'. Cleburne was killed at the Battle of Franklin (30 November 1864) while leading his troops in a futile charge that he had opposed.