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Bragg, Braxton

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1817–76, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War, b. Warrenton, N.C. A graduate of West Point, he fought the Seminole and in the Mexican War was promoted to lieutenant colonel for distinguished service at Buena Vista. He resigned from the army in 1856 and lived on his Louisiana plantation until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he was appointed a Confederate brigadier general and assigned to command the coast from Pensacola, Fla., to Mobile, Ala. Shortly after being promoted to major general (Jan., 1862), he assumed command of Gen. A. S. Johnston's 2d Corps, leading it in the battle of Shiloh (April). With Johnston's death, Bragg was made a general, and he succeeded (June) General Beauregard in command of the Army of Tennessee. His invasion of Kentucky (Aug.–Oct., 1862) was unsuccessful, ending in retreat to Tennessee after Gen. D. C. Buell caught up with him at Perryville. A reorganized Union army under Gen. W. S. Rosecrans was then sent against him and at Murfreesboro (Dec. 31, …
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(born March 22, 1817, Warrenton, N.C., U.S.—died Sept. 27, 1876, Galveston, Texas) U.S. and Confederate army officer. He graduated from West Point and served in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican War . When North Carolina seceded, he joined the Confederate army and fought in the American Civil War . …
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Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet
Essay on the Cabinet Although more than once in our nation’s history has a separate, autonomous government ruled in the United States—Texas was considered a “Republic” before it joined the Union—it was the formation of the Confederate States of America which ushered in a time of war, conflict, and…
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Full text Article Chattanooga, Battle of

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(Nov. 23–25, 1863) Decisive engagement of the American Civil War . The battle was fought at Chattanooga, Tenn., a vital railroad junction. A Confederate army under Braxton Bragg besieged a Union army in September 1863, and to lift the siege, Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant marched on Bragg’s…
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Full text Article Vicksburg Campaign

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(1862–63) Engagements fought at Vicksburg, Miss., in the American Civil War . Confederate forces held the fortified city against Union naval bombardment from the Mississippi River (1862) and attempts to attack by land. In April 1863 Ulysses S. Grant used the Union ships to ferry troops across the…
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Full text Article Longstreet, James

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American Confederate general. During the Civil War, he took part in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, and was chiefly responsible for the victory at Chickamauga 1863. His accidental wounding by his own side, at a turning point in the Battle of the Wilderness 1869, checked the…
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Full text Article Fort Donelson, Battle of

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In the American Civil War, capture by Union forces under General Ulysses S Grant 15 February 1862 of two vital Confederate strongpoints: Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River, and Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River, about 19 km/12 mi away. Fort Henry fell to Grant's attack quite easily and he then…
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Full text Article Halstead, Francis William (“Frank”)

From Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others
(1833, Newark, NJ–June 23, 1876, Minnetrista, MN; USN). A citizen of Minnesota visiting his NJ sister when the Civil War erupted, Halstead enlisted at NYC and was appointed a USN acting ensign and sent to the Atlantic blockade. His request for a transfer being granted, he was attached to the USMS…
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Full text Article Waite, Frederick H.

From Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others
(in USN service 1863–1868). Vermonter Waite was appointed a USN acting ensign in July 1863 and was attached to the ironclad Cincinnati , then under repair. He consequently transferred to the timberclad Lexington , which participated in the White River Expedition of August–September and helped to…
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