alabama wasunty in named for him, as was one in arkansas. the confederate cemetery in johnsbury georgia also bears his name. his popularity wanes in the 20th century. in 1973 powell and elizabeth perdue published a study of him. the first major study in a must 70 years. -- almost 70 years. today, patrick cleburne is just as famous for a proposal he made on 1864 as he is for his january fighting prowess. a situation perhaps is reflected -- reflective of changing attitudes of the conflict. that this proposal was made it all is known because of a chance discovery of the only surviving 1880 copy, as during the war it was ordered suppressed. in it, cleburne suggested arming slaves to fight for the confederacy in return for their freedom. he posited that, as between the independence and the lot of slavery, we assume every patriot would freely give up the latter, rather than be a slave himself. given the outraged reaction to the proposal by some generals, this was clearly not the case. cleburne made his proposal based purely under practicality. sea