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- catalog abstract "To Jefferson Davis, he was the "Stonewall of the West"; to Robert E. Lee he was "a meteor shining from a clouded sky"; and to Braxton Bragg, he was an officer "ever alive to a success." He was Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, one of the greatest of all Confederate field commanders. In Stonewall of the West, Craig Symonds offers the first full-scale critical biography of this compelling figure. He explores all the sources of Cleburne's commitment to the Southern cause, his. Growth as a combat leader from Shiloh to Chickamauga, and his emergence as one of the Confederacy's most effective field commanders at Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, and Pickett's Mill. In addition, Symonds unravels the "mystery" of Spring Hill and recounts Cleburne's dramatic and untimely death (at the age of 36) at Franklin, Tennessee, where he charged the enemy line on foot after having had two horses shot from under him. Symonds also explores Cleburne's role in the. Complicated personal politics of the Army of Tennessee, as well as his astonishing proposal that the decimated Confederate ranks be filled by ending a slavery and arming blacks against the Union.".
- catalog contributor b10264091.
- catalog coverage "Georgia History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog coverage "Helena (Ark.) Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Complicated personal politics of the Army of Tennessee, as well as his astonishing proposal that the decimated Confederate ranks be filled by ending a slavery and arming blacks against the Union.".
- catalog description "Growth as a combat leader from Shiloh to Chickamauga, and his emergence as one of the Confederacy's most effective field commanders at Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, and Pickett's Mill. In addition, Symonds unravels the "mystery" of Spring Hill and recounts Cleburne's dramatic and untimely death (at the age of 36) at Franklin, Tennessee, where he charged the enemy line on foot after having had two horses shot from under him. Symonds also explores Cleburne's role in the.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Pat Cleburne's Ireland -- Helena, Arkansas -- Command -- First blood: Shiloh -- The Kentucky Campaign -- Cleburne's division -- War and politics -- Barren victory: the Battle of Chickamauga -- Stonewall of the west -- "A plan which we believe will save our country" -- From Dalton to the Chattahoochee -- The battles for Atlanta -- The last crusade.".
- catalog description "To Jefferson Davis, he was the "Stonewall of the West"; to Robert E. Lee he was "a meteor shining from a clouded sky"; and to Braxton Bragg, he was an officer "ever alive to a success." He was Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, one of the greatest of all Confederate field commanders. In Stonewall of the West, Craig Symonds offers the first full-scale critical biography of this compelling figure. He explores all the sources of Cleburne's commitment to the Southern cause, his.".
- catalog extent "xi, 322 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Stonewall of the West.".
- catalog identifier "0700608206 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Stonewall of the West.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern war studies".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Stonewall of the West.".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America".
- catalog spatial "Georgia History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Helena (Ark.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog subject "973.7/42092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne, 1828-1864.".
- catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Army Biography.".
- catalog subject "E467.1.C58 S9 1997".
- catalog subject "Generals Confederate States of America Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pat Cleburne's Ireland -- Helena, Arkansas -- Command -- First blood: Shiloh -- The Kentucky Campaign -- Cleburne's division -- War and politics -- Barren victory: the Battle of Chickamauga -- Stonewall of the west -- "A plan which we believe will save our country" -- From Dalton to the Chattahoochee -- The battles for Atlanta -- The last crusade.".
- catalog title "Stonewall of the West : Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War / Craig L. Symonds.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".