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   A Meteor Shining Brightly : Essays on Maj. Gen Patrick R. Cleburne

by Maureil P. Joslyn
 

 
                      Book Description  
                      Collection of 12 essays on the life, career, personality, military 
                      accomplishments of Irish Confederate General Patrick Ronayne 
                      Cleburne (1828-1864).  

                      From the Author  
                      "Here, then, are a series of essays that reveal Pat Cleburne for the man 
                      he truly was-the best and the brightest-a meteor blazing gloriously in a 
                      clouded sky!" (Wiley Sword ---The Confederacy's Last Hurrah)  

                      From the Inside Flap  
                      The life of Patrick Cleburne was the stuff of epics and novels. From a 
                      teenage runaway to a lowly private in Wellington's Army, he was thrown 
                      on his own resources at an early age, while the Ireland of his youth 
                      mounted a call for independence. He came to America as impoverished 
                      gentry, to seek a new start from the ravages of the Great Famine, and on 
                      his own merit he carved a life in the young frontier town of Helena, 
                      Arkansas.  

                      Shaped by the harshness of the British Army, and his Irish heritage, his 
                      concept of freedom was more political than inalienable. When his 
                      adopted country was ripped apart by war, Cleburne followed his 
                      conscience, coming from nowhere to gain fame and immortality as the 
                      highest ranking Irishman of either army, and the most capable division 
                      commander of the Confederate army. From Shiloh to Jonesboro 
                      Cleburne won glory for the Army of Tennessee. His spirit was a meteor 
                      shining brightly, whose trail blazed out abruptly at Franklin, Tennessee 
                      on November 30, 1864.  

                      The essays featured here, covering the highlights of his life with thoughtful 
                      and well-documented insight, reveal his heart and provide a compelling 
                      read.  

                      About the Author  
                      Mauriel Phillips Joslyn is author or editor of five books about the Civil 
                      War. She has lectured and written extensively on the war, and was 
                      nominated Georgia Author of the Year for 1996.  
 
 
 

Stonewall of the West : Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War (Modern War studies)

by Craig L. Symonds
 
 

                      The heroic story of an outstanding divisional commander for the 
                      Confederacy in the Army of Tennessee. Symonds (History/US Naval 
                      Academy; Joseph E. Johnson: A Civil War Biography, 1992) combines 
                      well researched narrative history and biography with a highly readable 
                      style in exploring the life of this exceptional man. Cleburne was, as the 
                      narrative demonstrates, reliable, cool, and reserved under extreme 
                      hardship but passionate in battle. Leaving his starving homeland, Ireland, 
                      in the bitter year of 1849 after service in the British Army, Cleburne 
                      emigrated to the US and became a hard-working member of the frontier 
                      community in Helena, Ark. When the Civil War started, this accidental 
                      Southerner joined the Confederate forces and soon distinguished himself 
                      as an inspirational leader, displaying both courage and judgment. 
                      Symonds describes his gallantry in such battles as Shiloh, Chickamauga, 
                      and Kenasaw Mountain. Even though Jefferson Davis called him ``the 
                      Stonewall of the West,'' and Robert E. Lee described him as a ``meteor 
                      shining from a clouded sky,'' Cleburne, being foreign-born and an 
                      outspoken critic of ineffective officers (including his own commander), 
                      was often passed over for promotion. He also stirred controversy when 
                      he proposed abolishing slavery and enlisting ex-slaves in the army. 
                      Despite his disappointments, he achieved a superb record as an 
                      innovative division commander and was faithful to the Southern cause. 
                      After the capture of Atlanta, though the war had clearly been lost, the 
                      army's new commander fought on, rashly expending lives. Cleburne, 
                      though aware of the likely outcome, stayed with his troops and was 
                      killed at the Battle of Franklin at the age of 36. A fine addition to Civil 
                      War literature and a deserved tribute to a remarkable career. (20 
                      photos, 11 maps) (History Book Club main selection) -- Copyright 
                      ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to 
                      the hardcover edition of this title  
                       
 
 

 
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