Editing Patrick Cleburne (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Franklin battle 1630.png|thumb|left|300px|Battle of Franklin]]
Prior to the campaigning season of 1864, Cleburne became engaged to Susan Tarleton of [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name=Joslyn100>Joslyn, p. 100.</ref> Their marriage was never to be, as Cleburne was killed during an ill-conceived assault (which he opposed) on [[Union Army|Union]] fortifications at the [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Battle of Franklin]], just south of [[Nashville, Tennessee]], on November 30, 1864. He was last seen, after his horse was shot out from under him, advancing with his sword raised on foot toward the Union line.<ref name=DuBose401>Du Bose, p. 401.</ref> Accounts later said that he was found just inside the Union line, and his body was carried back to a field hospital along the Columbia Turnpike. Confederate war records indicate he died either of a bullet to the abdomen,<ref name=Eicher176/> or possibly through his heart. When Confederates found his body, he had been picked clean of any valuable items, including his sword, boots, and pocket watch.<ref name=Foote671>Foote, p. 671.</ref>

[[File:Cleburne Memorial Franklin TN.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Cleburne in Franklin]]
[[File:St. John's Church Columbia TN.jpg|thumb|St. John's Episcopal Church]]
According to a letter written to General Cheatham from Judge Mangum after the war, Cleburne's remains were first laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery in [[Columbia, Tennessee]]. At the urging of Army Chaplain Bishop Quintard, Judge Mangum, staff officer to Cleburne and his law partner in Helena, Cleburne's remains were moved to [[St. John's Episcopal Church (Columbia, Tennessee)|St. John's Episcopal Church]] near [[Mount Pleasant, Tennessee]], where they remained for six years. He had first observed St. John's during the Army of Tennessee's march into Tennessee during the campaign that led to the Battle of Franklin, and commented that it was the place he would like to be buried because of its great beauty and resemblance to his Irish homeland. In 1870, he was disinterred and returned to his adopted hometown of [[Helena, Arkansas]], with much fanfare, and buried in [[Helena Confederate Cemetery|the Confederate section]] of Maple Hill Cemetery, overlooking the Mississippi River.<ref>Jacobson and Rupp, pp. 414, 434–35; Welsh, pp. 40–41.</ref>

[[William J. Hardee]], Cleburne's former corps commander, had this to say when he learned of his loss: "Where this division defended, no odds broke its line; where it attacked, no numbers resisted its onslaught, save only once; and there is the grave of Cleburne."<ref name=Foote671/>

Several geographic features are named after Patrick Cleburne, including [[Cleburne County, Alabama|Cleburne County in Alabama]] and [[Cleburne County, Arkansas|Arkansas]], and the city of [[Cleburne, Texas]] (which also features a [[Statue of Patrick Cleburne (Cleburne, Texas)|statue of Patrick]]), though natives of the town call it "Klee-burn."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n83 84] | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 }}</ref> The location where he was killed in Franklin was reclaimed by preservationists, and is now known as Cleburne Park. Though the small monument in the park is often perceived as a monument to Cleburne, it actually is a marker to show where the Carter Family Cotton Gin once stood (the gin being an integral part of the Battle of Franklin, and the Carter House itself being the headquarters of Union Brigadier General Jacob D. Cox).

The [[Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery]] is a memorial cemetery in Jonesboro, Georgia, which was named in honor of General Patrick Cleburne.<ref>Georgia Building Authority (1997). Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery. Galileo. Retrieved September 1, 2010.</ref>

During a 1994 interview (00:40:20) on [[Book TV]], when asked his favorite "Civil War character" by C-SPAN's [[Brian Lamb]], author [[Shelby Foote]] says: "It's easy to state who your favorites are because they're many people's favorites — Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Tecumseh Sherman. But I have some favorites that are grievously neglected. One of them is an Arkansas general named Pat Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, from Arkansas [sic]. And he probably was the best division commander on either side, and in his day — he was killed at [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Franklin]] about a year before the end of the war — he was called the Stonewall Jackson of the West and well-known and adored by his men. He's been largely forgotten today. He's buried right there at Helena [Arkansas] where [[Crowley's Ridge]] comes to the Mississippi. I'm very fond of Cleburne. I got the same reaction at Cleburne's death that his men got. I was greatly saddened to lose him. You get a great fondness for these people or a severe dislike for them, and if you have a dislike for them, you lean over backward hoping not to let it show. I'm sure it does."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.c-span.org/video/?60099-1/stars-courses| title = [Stars in Their Courses] {{!}} C-SPAN.org}}</ref>