The Civil War in Cleburne Country

Cleburne County is named for Patrick Cleburne, born in Ireland in 1828, who left the British army and settled in Helena as a pharmacist and lawyer. He joined the militia that forced the surrender of the Little Rock arsenal in 1861, rose to major general and was killed at Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864. In 1864 he proposed freeing enslaved people and enlisting them to win the war for the Confederacy; it was never adopted. Men who served under him asked that the county take his name, and a United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter co-sponsored this marker.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Greers Ferry Dam and Lake — 2.9 mi
  The Corps of Engineers dam on the Little Red River that President Kennedy dedicated on October 3, 1963, with a visitor center, a trout hatchery below the dam and a lake of 340 miles of shoreline.
• Old Independence Regional Museum — 29 mi
  A Batesville museum in a 1936 WPA sandstone National Guard armory, telling the story of the twelve counties that once formed Independence County, with a research wing for local records.

More markers nearby

• Troops Raised In Cleburne County — steps away
• Cleburne County Seat — steps away
• White County Court House — 23 mi
• Guerrilla War on the Little Red — 25 mi