Important Events in the Life of General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.
Title | Important Events in the Life of General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A. PDF eBook |
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Release | 1900 |
Genre | Generals |
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General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.
Title | General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A. PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel J. Martin |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 537 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786461942 |
General Braxton Bragg is often described as a despicable, friendless man, the most hated general of the Confederacy. Historians have denigrated Bragg by accepting without challenge the self-serving accusations of prominent, disgruntled subordinates, each of whom sought to explain their own failures by assigning them to Bragg. This biography, without dodging Bragg's deficiencies, refutes much of this false testimony. The result is a balanced view of this controversial general, from his early rise to power in the Western theater to his subsequent fall from grace in the latter years of the Civil War.
Braxton Bragg, General of the Confederacy
Title | Braxton Bragg, General of the Confederacy PDF eBook |
Author | Don Carlos Seitz |
Publisher | Books for Libraries |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat
Title | Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat PDF eBook |
Author | Grady McWhiney |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780817305437 |
In the Summer of 1863, Confederate General Braxton Bragg was commander of the Army of Tennessee, still reeling from its defeat in January at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Reminiscences of General Braxton Bragg
Title | Reminiscences of General Braxton Bragg PDF eBook |
Author | L. H. Stout |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1942 |
Genre | Generals |
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Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat
Title | Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat PDF eBook |
Author | Grady McWhiney |
Publisher | University Alabama Press |
Pages | 439 |
Release | 1991-11-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780817305451 |
A Civil War history classic, now back in print. Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat, Volume I, examines General Braxton Bragg’s military prowess beginning with his enlistment in the Confederate Army in 1862 to the spring of 1863. First published in 1969, this is the first of two volumes covering the life of the Confederacy’s most problematic general. It is now back in print and available in paperback for the first time. A West Point graduate, Mexican War hero, and retired army lieutenant colonel, Bragg was one of the most distinguished soldiers to join the Confederacy, and for a time one of the most impressive. Grady McWhiney’s research shows that Bragg was neither as outstanding nor as incompetent as scholars and contemporaries suggest, but held positions of high responsibility throughout the war. Not an overwhelming success as commander of the Confederacy’s principal western army, Bragg nevertheless directed the Army of Tennessee longer than any other general, and, after being relieved of army command, he served as President Davis’s military adviser. Of all the Confederacy’s generals, only Robert E. Lee exercised more authority over such an extended period as Bragg. Yet less than two years later Bragg was the South’s most discredited commander. Much of this criticism was justified, for he had done as much as any Confederate general to lose the war. The army’s failures were Bragg’s failures, and after his defeat at Chattanooga in November 1863 Bragg was relieved of field command.
Braxton Bragg
Title | Braxton Bragg PDF eBook |
Author | Don Carlos Seitz |
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Pages | 544 |
Release | 1971 |
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