Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-03
CLEBURNE.
Removal of His Remains to Arkan-
sas-Reminiscences of the Gallant
Irishman.

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Yesterday morn, ere the dew had left
the ground, | culled flower from the
grave of Patrick Cleburne. 1t had not
been planted there by wife, mother sis
ter nor daughter, for he had neither-he
was alone in this country, and the child
Of his own fortune. But 1t was planted
by the fair hands Of those daughters OF
Tennessee who cherished the Confede-
rate cause, and are yet weaving garlands
for the memory of those who fell. During
the day his remains were dislnterred. A
delegation from Helena and from Phil
lips county, Arkansas, arrived here on
Tuesday. They claimed their adopted
son, and this, all that is left of him OF
earth that is earthly" they carry back to
the bosom of his first home in America,
there to rest finally, in place to be COM
memorated and loved
1t is said that three days before the
fatal battle of Franklin, as the hero was
passing Ashwood Cemetery, he quietly
remarked to one of his staff: If | fall,
here is where would lie" 1t is lovely
spot, six miles from Columbia, on the
Mt. Pleasant road, thickly shaded and
embellished, and beautiful as the Garden
of Eden-seemingly fit place for pure
spirits to dwell, and for the haunts of an
gels. But if such was his wish, he is now
gone; but he has been claimed by the
love of those living, and to which he him
self would doubtless have yielded.
j remember the first time of meeting
Patrick Cleburne, and shall not soon Tor,
get the last. The first was IN General
Hardee' tent, at Murfreesboro, shortly
after the fall OF Fort Donelson. Gle,
burne was then Colonel, IN command
Of an infantry brigade just organized.
He was, earnestly but calmly remonstrat-
ing against the depredatons which some
Of the Confederate cavalry had com,
mitted on private property, and INSISTED
that the parties should be punished.
The commander of the cavalry, who
happened to be present and is yet ivlng'
" denied that his men had done 1t. Gle
burne did not know who the men were
but he spoke for the wrongs OF citizen
and for the discipline of the whole army,
and urged that the commander should
be held responsible, and required to know
the offenders and TO punish them. How
the affair ended j cannot tell, but |
marked him then as a rising military
man. And on the morning OF the 9th OF
April, at Shiloh, with that same steady,
quiet, but determined manner he led his
brigade to the onset, and, although one
regiment was so terribly cut to pieces
early in the action as to become inetii-
Gent yet he as calmly gathered up its
fragments and moved forward as If in
the performance ofan ordinary duty On
the second day of the battle he bore our
defeat equally as unconcernedly. de
then seemed in the prime Of life, or |
should say, comparatively young; was
cheerful, 1.-THE and active, but generally
silent 1t was as if by chance that a
warm friendship sprang up between us,
which grew and strengthened with time.
Four years rolled on, bringing the hasty
panorama ofs hundred battle-helds that
dotted the South Then | saw him last;
it was in front of this place, when Hood
was advancing toward Nashville. Gle
bnrne came up with his infantry division
to relieve the cayalry pickets, on the ex-
treme right Of the line, where General
Forrest had placed them. j rode with