"Let us die like men" General Patrick Cleburne Stickers

Called the "Stonewall of the West" Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was one of the Confederacy's finest commanders in the Western theatre.  Born on St. Patrick's Day, this native Irishman was nevertheless extremely loyal to his adopted country, saying, "if this [Confederacy] that is so dear to my heart is doomed to fail, I pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is toward the enemy and my arm battling for that which I know to be right.”  Sadly, Cleburne would have his wish.  Cleburne began his military career in an unlikely manner.  When he failed the entrance exam at Trinity College, Dublin, he could not face his family.  He enlisted in the 41st Foot in the British army.  In 1849 he purchased his discharge and left for America eventually settling in Helena, Arkansas in June 1850 and earning his citizenship in 1855.  Cleburne loved his new country, taking part in many community projects, and even being one of the few volunteers to care for the sick during a yellow fever outbreak. I