Birthplace: near Cork, Ireland.

U.S. Military Academy: no.

Pre-war experience: Her Majesty's Infantry, pharmacist, lawyer.

Rank: Captain, Colonel - 1st and 15th Arkansas, Brig. General, Major General.

Major Battles and Campaigns: Shiloh, Perryville, Richmond, Ky. - wounded (Brigade); Stones River (Division, Hardee's Corps); Chattanooga (Division, Hardee's Corps); Atlanta Campaign (succeeded to command of Hardee's Corps); Franklin, Tenn - killed.

Post-war achievements: none.

Date of death: Nov. 30, 1864.

Place of burial: Helena, Ark.

Cleburne moved to America in 1849 and practiced law in Arkansas. In 1862 he received a commission as brigadier general in the Confederate Army. One of two foreign born officers to attain the rank of major general in the Confederate armed forces, he was recognized as a skilled combat officer and distinguished himself in many battles. At Chattanooga he repelled Sherman's attack in spite of being outnumbered 4 to 1. (ng)

During the retreat from that battle he won the Battle of Ringgold Gap although Hooker had 3 men for his 1. He repeatedly faced Sherman's advancing troops during the Atlanta Campaign. After Cleburne's troops absorbed the Union assault at Pickett's Mill, he was moved to the Confederate left and was involved in the skirmishing along the Dallas line. (ng)

During the Nashville Campaign he succeeded to the command of Hardee's Corps. On his way north during this campaign, Cleburne stopped at a church in Maury County, Tennessee, and by local tradition was heard to comment at the cemetery of Saint John's Church that, "it is almost worth dying for to be buried in such a beautiful place." Cleburne was killed in battle a few days later at Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864 and buried here until later disinterred. (ng)