Gen. Patrick Cleburne Camp, S.C.V.

General Patrick Cleburne Camp, S.C.V., the only camp east of the Mississippi to be named for a general from west of that river, was organized on May 3, 1956, with members from several counties in southwest Georgia. General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, born in Ireland on Mar. 17, 1828, was a druggist and soldier who lived in Helena, Arkansas, and joined the Confederate Army as captain of the Yell Rifles. Known as "The Stonewall Jackson of the West," Major General Cleburne was killed in battle at Franklin, Tennessee, on Nov. 30, 1864, soon after the Battle of Atlanta. General Robert E. Lee called him "a meteor shooting from a clouded sky." Charter members of the camp included P. C. King, Jr., commander; William R. Edwards; Raymond Lash; M. M. Fiveash; J. T. Thornton; W.C. Lash; Credille Rogers of Dawson; Bob Cook of Cusseta; J. W. Ivey, T. E. Shaffer, and F. P. Love of Cuthbert; Dr. M. B. Bowman of Albany; William F. Cummings of Brinson; Raymond C. Jackson of Tifton; Willie D. Hammock, Jr., of Coleman; Ernest Breedlove Whitchard of Millen; and Senator Walter F. George of Vienna. The camp was organized by Clyde A. Boynton, division commander.

Dawson, Georgia · United States