Patrick Cleburne

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Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne ( KLAY-burn; March 16, 1828 – November 30, 1864) was a Confederate States Army officer who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Born in Ovens, County Cork in Ireland, Cleburne enlisted in the British Army's 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot in 1846 after failing to gain entrance into Trinity College of Medicine, Dublin, in 1846. He served at Fort Westmorland on Spike Island and was present on the island in 1849 when Queen Victoria visited Cork Harbour. He purchased an early discharge in 1849 and immigrated to the United States. At the beginning of the American Civil War, Cleburne sided with the Confederate States. He progressed from being a private in the local militia to a division commander. He participated in many military campaigns, including the Battle of Stones River, Battle of Missionary Ridge, and Battle of Ringgold Gap; he was also present at the Battle of Shiloh. Known as the "Stonewall of the West"', Cleburne...

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