BRAGG,
Braxton,soldier, born in Warren
County,North
Carolina, 22March, 1817 ; died in Galveston, Texas, 27 Sept.,
1876. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1837, standing 5th
in a class of fifty. Among his classmates were Generals Benham, Townsend,
Sedgwick, and Hooker on the national side, and Early and Pemberton on the
confederate side. He was appointed lieutenant of artillery, and served
mainly in Florida until 1843. during the war with the Seminoles ; from
1843 till 1845 he was stationed at Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor,
and just before the war with Mexico was ordered to Texas. In May, 1846, he
was made captain by brevet for gallant conduct in the defense of Fort
Brown, Texas, and in June was promoted captain of artillery.
He was present at the battle of Monterey, 2123 Sept., and was brevetted
major for gallant conduct there. In 1847 he was brevetted lieutenant colonel
for gallantry at the battle of Buena Vista. From 1848 till 1855 he was
engaged in frontier service at Jefferson Barracks, No., Fort Orbson, and
Washita. In March, 1855, he was appointed major of cavalry, but declined
and received leave of absence. In January, 1856, he resigned his
commission and retired to his plantation at Thibodeaux, La.. In 1859'61 he
was commissioner of the board of public works of the state of
Louisiana.
When
the civil war began he was appointed brigadier general in the confederate
army in 1861, and placed in command at Pensacola, Florida In February,
1862, he was promoted major general and ordered to join the army of the
Mississippi. He took part in the battle of Shiloh, 67 April, and was
promoted general in place of A. S. Johnston, killed. After the evacuation
of Corinth he succeeded General Beauregard in command of the department.
In August he led a formidable force, 45,000 strong, into Kentucky, but,
after the battle of Perryvilie, 8 Oct., he retreated, carrying with him a
vast quantity of supplies.
He
was removed from his command and placed under arrest, but was soon
restored, and restarted command of the force opposed to the national army
under Rosecrans. He was worsted by Rosecrans in the protracted contest of
Stone river or Murfreesboro, 31 Dec., 1862, and 2 Jan., 1863; again
encountered and defeated him at Chickamauga, 19 and 20 Sept., 1863; but
was decisively defeated by General Grant at Chattanooga, 23-25 Nov. About
2 Dec. he was relieved from command and called to Richmond, where for a
time he acted as military adviser to Mr. Davis, with whom he was a
favorite. In the autumn of 1864 he led a small force from North Carolina
to Georgia to operate against Sherman, but without success.
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