. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ome time since I called attention to the inaccura-cies of current history in regard to the manner of Gen-eral Patrick Cleburnes death at Franklin. The subjecthas been brought to my mind again by Mr. James Barrsletter. It has been stated that Cleburne and horse werekilled on top of the works, which is incorrect. It wasGeneral John Adams, of Lorings division, Stewartscorps. Early next morning I assisted in putting hisbody in an ambulance; also the body of General Cle-burne. Adamss h
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ome time since I called attention to the inaccura-cies of current history in regard to the manner of Gen-eral Patrick Cleburnes death at Franklin. The subjecthas been brought to my mind again by Mr. James Barrsletter. It has been stated that Cleburne and horse werekilled on top of the works, which is incorrect. It wasGeneral John Adams, of Lorings division, Stewartscorps. Early next morning I assisted in putting hisbody in an ambulance; also the body of General Cle-burne. Adamss horse was a bay. It was dead upon theworks, with its front legs toward the inner side of theworks. Adamss body was lying outside, at the base ofthe works, when I helped to pick it up. Cleburnes bodywas not less than fifty or sixty yards from the works,and on nearly a straight line from where Adams may appear strange, as the two generals be-longed to different divisions and different corps; butthere were repeated charges made upon the one command was repulsed another would bethrown
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