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This rare, one of a kind buckle, sword belt, and sash belonged to Confederate
Major General Patrick R. Cleburne. Known as the "Stonewall Jackson of the
West," Cleburne was born in County Cork, Ireland, on March 17, 1821 and came
to America in 1849. After settling in Helena, Arkansas, he became an
apothecary and later a lawyer. At Franklin, he had two horses shot from
beneath him. According to an eyewitness, Cleburne "moved forward on foot
waving his cap and was lost sight of in the smoke and din of battle. "
Cleburne fell between the cotton gin and the Columbia Pike within sight of the
Carter House, a single bullet piercing his heart. The loss of general officers
in this battle was staggering to the morale of the Confederate army. General's
Adams, Carter, Gist, Granbury, Cleburne and Strahl were killed, and Cockerell,
Quarles, Manigault, and Scott were wounded. General Gordon was dragged over
the Union breastworks by his hair and captured. Confederate President
Jefferson F. Davis would remember Cleburne as being equal to Stonewall Jackson
and Robert E. Lee in "ability and leadership." Cleburne's sword belt, sash and
buckle were sent to his fiancé Sue Tarleton, of Mobile, Alabama after the
battle.