Editing Patrick Cleburne (section)

{{short description|Confederate States Army general}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Patrick Cleburne
| image         = Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption       = Cleburne in uniform, {{circa|1862|lk=yes}}
| birth_name    = Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1828|3|16|mf=y}}
| nickname      = "Stonewall of the West"
| birth_place   = [[Ovens, County Cork]], Ireland
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1864|11|30|1828|3|16|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [[Franklin, Tennessee]]
| placeofburial = [[Helena Confederate Cemetery]]
| placeofburial_coordinates = {{coord|34|32|30|N|90|35|34|W|region:US-AR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| allegiance    = [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] <br /> [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]]
| branch        = [[British Army]] <br /> [[Confederate States Army]]
| branch_label  = Service
| serviceyears  = 1846–1849 <br /> 1861–1864
| rank          = {{unbulleted list|[[Corporal]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|U.K.]])| [[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|35px]][[Major general|Major-General]] ([[Confederate States of America|C.S.]])}}
| unit          = [[41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot|41st Regiment of Foot]] (1846-49)
| battles       = {{Tree list}}
* [[American Civil War]]
** [[Battle of Shiloh]]
** [[Battle of Richmond]]{{WIA}}
** [[Battle of Stones River]]
** [[Battle of Chickamauga]]
** [[Battle of Ringgold Gap]]
** [[Chattanooga Campaign]]
** [[Battle of Pickett's Mill]]
** [[Atlanta Campaign]]
** [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Battle of Franklin]]{{KIA}}
{{Tree list/end}}
| battles_label = Battles
| signature     = Signature of Patrick Ronayne Cleburne.png
}}

[[Major general|Major-General]] '''Patrick Ronayne Cleburne''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|l|eɪ|b|ɜr|n}} {{respell|KLAY|burn}}; March 16, 1828{{spaced ndash}}November 30, 1864)<ref name=hmdb>{{cite web|title=Bride Park Cottage|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=85650|website=Historical Marker Database|access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> was a senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the Confederate States Army who commanded [[infantry]] in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western Theater]] of the [[American Civil War]].<ref name="Eicher176"/>

Born in [[Ireland]],<ref name=hmdb /> Cleburne served in the [[41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot|41st Regiment of Foot]] of the [[British Army]] after failing to gain entrance into [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College of Medicine]], [[Dublin]] in 1846. He served at Fort Westmorland on [[Spike Island, County Cork|Spike Island]] and was present on the island in 1849 when Queen Victoria visited [[Cork Harbour]]. Three years after joining the Army, he immigrated to the [[United States]]. At the beginning of the American Civil War, Cleburne sided with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]]. He progressed from being a private soldier in the local militia to a division commander. He participated in many military campaigns, especially the [[Battle of Stones River]], the [[Battle of Missionary Ridge]] and the [[Battle of Ringgold Gap]]. He was also present at the [[Battle of Shiloh]]. Known as the '''"Stonewall of the West"''', Cleburne was [[Killed in action|killed]] leading his men at the [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Battle of Franklin]].