Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military advisor to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis.. Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was educated at West Point and became an artillery officer. Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was an American career army officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, serving in the Western Theater.His most important role was as commander of the Army of Mississippi, later renamed the Army of Tennessee, from June 1862 until … 22, 1817 Warrenton, North Carolina Died Sep. 27, 1876 (at age 59) Galveston, Texas Allegiance United States of America Confederate States of America Years 1837–56 (USA) 1861–65 (CSA) Rank Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (USA) General (CSA) Battles/wars Second Seminole War Mexican-American War Siege of Fort Brown Battle of Monterrey Battle of Buena As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. See more ideas about Braggs, Civil war, Confederate. Coming just after the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga occurred September 18-20, 1863.

Braxton Bragg hoped to trap Negley by attacking through the cove from the northeast, forcing the Union division to its destruction at the cul-de-sac at the southwest end of the valley. Aug 23, 2014 - Explore cjbayn56's board "General Braxton Bragg" on Pinterest. Fought south of Chattanooga, TN, the Battle of Chickamauga saw Union forces under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans defeated and forced to retreat. One of his older brothers was future Confederate Attorney General Thomas Bragg. Fleeing to Chattanooga, the Army of the Cumberland was placed under siege by Confederate forces in the weeks after the Battle of Chickamauga. Braxton Bragg was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, one of the six sons of Thomas and Margaret Crosland Bragg. Braxton Bragg Born Mar. Biography . On September 19-20, 1863, Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee defeated a Union force commanded by General William Rosecrans in the Battle of Chickamauga, during Bragg visited Evergreen Plantation in Thibodaux, Louisiana, after the Mexican-American War, where he met 23-year-old Eliza Brooks Ellis, known to her friends as Elise, a wealthy sugar This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military failures but also as the chief whipping boy of the Confederacy. Early on the morning of September 10, Bragg ordered Polk's division under Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman to march 13 miles southwest into the cove and strike Negley's flank.