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To: SandRat
Patrick Cleburne McClary.....the man was named after a very brave man.

Patrick Cleburne's last words to one of his fellow officers was "Let us go and die like men" at Franklin, Tennessee.

10 posted on 11/22/2006 6:22:08 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug
I remember reading the Confederate Cleburne would wear a bright red shirt--his "hunting shirt"--into battle so his troops would know he was leading them.
14 posted on 11/22/2006 6:45:10 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
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