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Braxton Bragg   /brˈækstən bræg/   Listen
Braxton Bragg

noun
1.
Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).  Synonym: Bragg.






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"Braxton Bragg" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been started some time before on its march eastward toward Chattanooga; and as this movement would be followed of course by a manoeuvre on the part of the enemy, now at Tupelo under General Braxton Bragg, either to meet Buell or frustrate his designs by some counter-operation, I was expected to furnish, by scouting and all other means available, information as to what was going on within the Confederate lines. To do the work required, necessitated an increase of my command, ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan



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