Braxton Bragg (original) (raw)

* Second Seminole War * Mexican–American War ** Siege of Fort Brown ** Battle of Monterrey ** Battle of Buena Vista * American Civil War ** Battle of Shiloh ** Siege of Corinth ** Battle of Perryville ** Battle of Stones River ** Tullahoma Campaign ** Battle of Chickamauga ** Battles for Chattanooga ** Second Battle of Fort Fisher ** Wyse Fork ** Battle of Bentonville (en)

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1817-03-22 (xsd:date)

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Warrenton, North Carolina, U.S. (en)

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Q380562 (en)

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1876-09-27 (xsd:date)

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Galveston, Texas, U.S. (en)

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Braxton Bragg (en)

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dbr:Magnolia_Cemetery_(Mobile,_Alabama)

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[Bragg] was the only General in command of an Army who has shown himself equal to the management of volunteers and at the same time commanded their love and respect. (en)
While Washington breathed a sigh of relief after Stones River, dissension came to a head in the Army of Tennessee. All of Bragg's corps and division commanders expressed a lack of confidence in their chief. Senior Generals William J. Hardee and Leonidas Polk asked Davis to put Johnston in command of the army. Division commander B. Franklin Cheatham vowed he would never again serve under Bragg. Breckinridge wanted to challenge Bragg to a duel. Bragg struck back, court-martialing one division commander for disobeying orders, accusing another of drunkenness during the battle, and blaming Breckinridge for inept leadership. This internecine donnybrook threatened to do more damage to the army than the Yankees had done. Disheartened, Bragg told a friend that it might "be better for the President to send someone to relieve me," and wrote Davis to the same effect. (en)
[His actions] established Bragg's distinction as the most cantankerous man in the army. He had been court-martialled and convicted; he had been censured by the Secretary of War, the adjutant general, and the commander of the Eastern division. No other junior officer could boast of so many high-ranking enemies. Both the commander of the Third Artillery and the commanding general of the United States Army hated Bragg. His future in his regiment and in the army seemed most uncertain. (en)
Davis relied heavily upon Bragg's understanding of military affairs and institutions. Although he did not always agree with Bragg, Davis consistently sought his expertise and opinion on a variety of matters. By untiringly assuming many of the duties and much of the criticism that had burdened and perplexed Davis, Bragg eased some of the president's vexations. In the process he maintained old enmities and created many new ones. (en)

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