Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
Catalog Number |
0985.01.00081 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype; man seated, from waist up, facing camera, looking at camera; hair parted on side, wave on top, clean shaven; wearing double-breasted civilian coat, over vest, standing collar, patterned necktie tied in horizontal style with fringed edges and one end hanging assymetrically; oval gilt mat with stamped with ornate floral fotif; preserver has geometric pattern with foliage stamped into corners; case is leather-covered wood with embossed scroll foliae pattern around a centeral medallion with a thistle boquet; front half of case missing; |
Medium |
Glass/Leather/Metal/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Battle of Franklin |
Owner Regiment |
15th Arkansas Infantry |
Provenance |
Photographed shortly after he immigrated to the United States, Patrick Cleburne was 21 and a veteran of the British army when he left Ireland in 1849. Landing in New Orleans, Cleburne went to Cincinnati and then settled in Helena, Arkansas, where he became a successful pharmacist, lawyer, and community leader. Fiercely devoted to his adopted region, Cleburne became colonel of the 15th Arkansas Infantry. Renowned for his personal bravery and aggressive leadership, Cleburne rose to the command of a division and earned the sobriquet "Stonewall of the West." He was killed at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864. |
People |
Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne |
Search Terms |
Battle of Franklin Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Murfreesboro / Stones River Battle of Perryville Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) Battle of Ringgold Gap Battle of Shiloh County Cork, Ireland Helena, Arkansas |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Dead persons Immigrants Military officers Photographic studios Photographs Soldiers War casualties |