General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.

General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.

(Rank in photograph undetermined. He has the stars on his collar of a colonel, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1837; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1856 and moved to Louisiana. Appointed to the Louisiana mil...

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General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.
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Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--North Carolina; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description (Rank in photograph undetermined. He has the stars on his collar of a colonel, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1837; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1856 and moved to Louisiana. Appointed to the Louisiana militia in 1860 and captured the Baton Rouge Arsenal in February 1861. Commissioned as a brigadier general in March 1861 and assumed command of the Gulf Coast defenses from Pensacola to Mobile. Promoted to major general in September 1862. Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. Relieved by General Joseph E. Johnston and served as Davis' advisor for the remaining part of the war. After the war, Bragg worked as civil engineer and died in Galveston, Texas, in September 1876. He is buried in Mobile, Alabama. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. I. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling Q0000000011Q11General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.(Rank in photograph undetermined. He has the stars on his collar of a colonel, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1837; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1856 and moved to Louisiana. Appointed to the Louisiana militia in 1860 and captured the Baton Rouge Arsenal in February 1861. Commissioned as a brigadier general in March 1861 and assumed command of the Gulf Coast defenses from Pensacola to Mobile. Promoted to major general in September 1862. Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. Relieved by General Joseph E. Johnston and served as Davis' advisor for the remaining part of the war. After the war, Bragg worked as civil engineer and died in Galveston, Texas, in September 1876. He is buried in Mobile, Alabama. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. I. National Historical Society, 1991.1861 circa1860-1869Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--North Carolina; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4, #009v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00060http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6307
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