The New Student's Reference Work/Bragg, Braxton

Bragg, Braxton, a Confederate general, was born in North Carolina, in 1817. A graduate of West Point, he served in the Mexican War, and was promoted several times for gallant conduct. He held several important commands in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and after the battle of Shiloh was placed in command of the Army of the Mississippi. He defeated General Rosecrans at Chickamauga, but was in turn defeated by General Grant at Chattanooga. For a time he acted as military adviser to President Davis. He died in 1876.