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The fall of Cleburne.A nobler and a braver soldier never breathed the atmosphere of the battle held than Major Gen. Patrick Cleburne, who fell in the figut of Harpeth CreekGeneral Cleburn's history, civil and military, is too well known throughout the whole country to need a biographical sketch at our hands US w as an Irishman by birth, and a Southerner by adoption. He served when quite a youth in the British service where he. had inculcated those soldiery qualities of disciplii • d training which have rendered him distinguished in the present war. When he first emigiated to this country he settled in Arkansas, where he studied and practiced law, and in that profession had previous to the struggle, formed a partnership with the present Major Gen. T. C.Hindman;When the war comrnenc-d, he enlisted as a private, was made Captain of his company, was after wards elected Colonel of bis Regiment, and from one grade to another gradually rose to the eminent position he held at the time of his fall Among his contemporaries he was distinguished for soldierly qualities, and lor a correctness of judgment in the council of war and upon the field of action which gave bis opinion great weight and influence He endeared himelf to his devoted troops, and was th* adinination aud respect of every soldier in the army, by attention to their general welfare and by his gallant bearing.upon the field, aud bis cool, intrepid behavior in the hour of battle. The country has not sustained a greater loss since the death of the lamented Jackson. Thearmy of Tennessee mourns the loss of its right arm man, which has twice saved us from disaster. The Confederacy weeps over the heroic form of her adopted sou.—Mont. Mail,
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Milledgeville Confederate Union
Milledgeville, Georgia, US
Tue, Dec 20, 1864
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