Accounts of the Death of “Fighting Pat” Cleburne at Franklin
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During the waning months of the Civil War, at the Battle of Franklin, the Confederate army suffered heavy casualties, including one of its most popular generals, Patrick R. Cleburne. After the war, his biographer collected accounts of his death by those who were there.
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