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   Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was an American army officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War and Confederate general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, serving in the Western Theater.

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   Nov 9, 2009 · Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). Bragg entered the war in 1861 and was promoted to full...

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Braxton-BraggBraxton Bragg | American Civil War, Confederate Army, West ...

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   Braxton Bragg (born March 22, 1817, Warrenton, N.C., U.S.—died Sept. 27, 1876, Galveston, Texas) was a Confederate officer in the U.S. Civil War (1861–65) whose successes in the West were dissipated when he failed to follow up on them.

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5. www.battlefields.org › learn › biographiesBraxton Bragg | American Battlefield Trust

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   One of the most controversial figures of the Confederate army, Braxton Bragg, was born on March 22, 1817, in Warrenton, North Carolina. Bragg’s father, a successful carpenter, determined to send his son to the United States Military Academy.

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7. www.americanhistorycentral.com › entries › braxton-braggBraxton Bragg, Biography, Significance, Civil War ...

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   Mar 16, 2024 · March 22, 1817–September 27, 1876. Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who served as a principal commander in the Western theater and later as a military advisor to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

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   As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles...

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   Who was Braxton Bragg?

   • Braxton Bragg was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, one of the six sons of Thomas and Margaret Crosland Bragg. One of his older brothers was future Confederate Attorney General Thomas Bragg. Bragg was also a cousin of Edward S. Bragg, who would become a Union general in the Civil War.

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   What did Braxton Bragg do in the Civil War?

   • Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). Bragg entered the war in 1861 and was promoted to full general after General Albert Sidney Johnston’s death at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.

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   Was Braxton Bragg a Confederate?

   • Braxton Bragg was a Confederate officer in the U.S. Civil War (1861–65) whose successes in the West were dissipated when he failed to follow up on them. After graduating in 1837 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Bragg served in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican War (1846–48).

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   How old was Braxton Bragg when he died?

   • After the Civil War Bragg worked as a civil engineer in Alabama and Texas. He died in 1876 at the age of 59. Braxton Bragg was born on March 22, 1817, into a family of humble means in Warrenton, North Carolina. His father was a contactor and his mother—whom Bragg rarely discussed in his later life—had spent time in jail for killing a freed slave.

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    General Braxton Bragg was one of the most controversial generals in the Confederate Army. In September 1863, Bragg guided the South 's Army of Tennessee to victory in the Battle of Chickamauga . This was the Confederacy's only major triumph in the western theater (the region of the country between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian ...