GENERAL PATRICK CLEBURN

He never had cause to support slavery. He joined the Confederacy to support his friends in Arkansas. Just before he was killed at Franklin he knew the cause was lost and called a meeting of his fellow commanders and proposed to them the notion that the slaves should be emancipated if they would take up arms for the Confederacy. It may be what got him killed.

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

May 10th 2020
HOORAY FOR IRELAND On St Patrick’s Day of 1828 a scrappy little fellow named Patrick Ronayne Cleburne burst into the cosmos in Killumny, County Cork, Ireland. His dad was named Joseph so he was likely named for Saint Patrick. Joseph was quite an ordinary medical doctor and in his youth Patrick aspired to be a doctor too. His mom, Mary Ronayne Cleburne, died when Patrick was only 18 month ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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