General Braxton Bragg was the Confederate commander at the Battle of Perryville. Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, on March 17, , Bragg was an graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated fifth in his class. After serving with distinction in the Seminole war and the Mexican War, Bragg left the army in Before the Civil War, Bragg ran a sugar plantation in Louisiana. With the outbreak of the conflict, he joined the Confederacy.
In March , Bragg was commissioned a brigadier general and was sent to skydda the Gulf Coast from Mobile to Pensacola. Promotions came quickly to Bragg, who was begåvad at organizing armies. In September , he was promoted to major general. Transferred to stat i usa, Bragg commanded a corps at the Battle of Shiloh. When the overall Confederate commander was killed in action, Bragg eventually assumed command. After reorganizing the army, Bragg
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Braxton Bragg: Early Life and Military Service
Braxton Bragg was born on March 22, , 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. While his family struggled throughout his ungdom, Bragg’s politician brother helped him secure an appointment the United States Military Academy at West Point in He graduated in , finishing fifth in a class of 50 cadets.
Did you know? General Braxton Bragg’s triumph at the Battle of Chickamauga in September was the most significant Confederate victory in the Civil War’s Western Theater. But while the battle proved a tactical success, it came at a sobering cost: Bragg’s Army of Tennessee suffered over 18, casualties— a full 3, more than their Union opponents.
Bragg was commissioned into the 3rd U.S. Artillery and first served in Florida during the Second Seminole War (). He was next transferred to C
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Braxton Bragg commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battles for Chattanooga. He was a graduate of West Point (Class of ), a Seminole War veteran, a distinguished veteran during the Mexican-American War, and a long-standing United States Army officer. Bragg resigned from the army in and was overseeing his Louisiana plantation when the war began.
In , he was appointed and confirmed a brigadier general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and was placed in command of the defenses along the Gulf Coast (from Pensacola, Florida, to Mobile, Alabama). Bragg was promoted to major general in September and assisted General Albert S. Johnston at Shiloh in April Soon after the battle, he was elevated to the rank of general and, in June, replaced General P.G.T. Beauregard as commander of the Army of Mississippi, later renamed the Army of Tennessee. He led this army into Kentucky, where he met defeat at the Battle of Perryville in October H