calsfoundation@cals.org
October 16, 2009
Major General Patrick R. Cleburne of Helena (Phillips County) was considered by many to be one of the top combat officers of the Army of Tennessee. An early proponent of the arming of slaves in defense of the Confederacy, he was killed at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864. After the war, his body was returned to Helena for reburial.