*Includes the entire text of Cleburne's 1864 letter proposing to
free the Confederacy's slaves.
*Includes pictures of Cleburne and important people, places, and
events in his life.
*Includes maps of the battles Cleburne fought in, including
Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
"As between the loss of independence and the loss of slavery, we
assume that every patriot will freely give up the latter..." -
Patrick Cleburne, 1864
During the Civil War, the eyes of the nation usually stayed fixed
to the Eastern theater, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee's
Army of Northern Virginia constantly bedeviled the Union Army of
the Potomac and its many commanders. Instrumental to that success
at places like Second Manassas and Chancellorsville was Lee's corps
commander Stonewall Jackson, who became one of the most popular and
respected generals of the Civil War.
Despite the Confederates' success in holding off the Union's
offensives in the East, however, the Union made steady progress in
the Western theater, winning battles like Shiloh, capturing New
Orleans, and sealing off the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. Like
the Union generals in the East, Confederate generals in the West
were either mortally wounded in battle (Albert Sidney Johnston) or
proved ineffective (Braxton Bragg, John Pemberton). One of the only
bright spots in the West for the Confederacy was Irish immigrant
Patrick Cleburne, whose successes earned him the nickname
"Stonewall of the West." Where so many Confederates were failing,
Cleburne's strategic tactics and bold defensive fighting earned him
fame and recognition throughout the South, even leading Lee to call
him "a meteor shining from a clouded sky."
Unfortunately for Cleburne, he is also remembered today for
reasons other than his battlefield successes. Cleburne was tasked
with leading an assault that he heartily opposed during the Battle
of Franklin near the end of 1864, but he obeyed the command and was
killed in the assault within the Union lines. The general was so
legendary even among Union soldiers that the valuables on his body
were looted before his body came back to Confederate lines Upon
hearing of his death, Cleburne's old corps commander noted, "Where
this division defended, no odds broke its line; where it attacked,
no numbers resisted its onslaught, save only once; and there is the
grave of Cleburne."
Cleburne is also remembered for a bold and novel idea that he
proposed to the Army of Tennessee in 1864. Realizing the
Confederates' deficiency in manpower and resources, Cleburne
suggested freeing the South's slaves so that they would fight for
the Confederacy. It was such a radical idea that the Army buried
it, and even when the Confederacy was on its last legs entering
1865, it could not muster the political support to emancipate some
of their slaves to fight.
The Stonewall of the West: The Life and Career of General Patrick
Cleburne chronicles the life and career of the Stonewall of the
West, analyzing his record in the war and assessing his legacy.
Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his
life, you will learn about General Cleburne like you never have
before, in no time at all.
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