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.…mehr
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.
Samuel J. Martin is the author of three previous biographies and has published numerous articles in history magazines such as Civil War Times Illustrated, America's Civil War, and The Kepi.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue l. Boyhood 2. West Point 3. The Seminole War 4. South Carolina 5. Corpus Christi 6. Fort Brown 7. Monterrey 8. Buena Vista 9. War's Interlude 10. Politics 11. Elise Ellis 12. Jefferson Barracks 13. Louisiana Planter 14. Pensacola 15. Major General 16. Corinth 17. To Shiloh 18. Shiloh, Day One 19. Shiloh, Day Two and After 20. Prelude to Kentucky 21. Into Kentucky 22. Munfordville 23. Perryville 24. Battle of Perryville 25. Retreat from Perryville 26. Middle Tennessee 27. Battle of Murfreesboro 28. Retreat to Tullahoma 29. The Enemy Within 30. The Tullahoma Campaign 31. Another Retreat 32. McLemore's Cove 33. Chickamauga, Day One 34. Chickamauga, Day Two 35. Breakthrough 36. The Rock of Chickamauga 37. Confrontation 38. The Opening Battles 39. Chattanooga, Day One 40. Lookout Mountain 41. Sherman Fails-Again 42. Routed 43. Relieved of Duty 44. Richmond 45. Joe Johnston 46. Bermuda Hundred 47. Johnston Replaced 48. Wilmington 49. First Assault 50. Fort Fisher Falls 51. Wilmington Captured 52. Kinston 53. Bentonville 54. End of the War 55. Final Years Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue l. Boyhood 2. West Point 3. The Seminole War 4. South Carolina 5. Corpus Christi 6. Fort Brown 7. Monterrey 8. Buena Vista 9. War's Interlude 10. Politics 11. Elise Ellis 12. Jefferson Barracks 13. Louisiana Planter 14. Pensacola 15. Major General 16. Corinth 17. To Shiloh 18. Shiloh, Day One 19. Shiloh, Day Two and After 20. Prelude to Kentucky 21. Into Kentucky 22. Munfordville 23. Perryville 24. Battle of Perryville 25. Retreat from Perryville 26. Middle Tennessee 27. Battle of Murfreesboro 28. Retreat to Tullahoma 29. The Enemy Within 30. The Tullahoma Campaign 31. Another Retreat 32. McLemore's Cove 33. Chickamauga, Day One 34. Chickamauga, Day Two 35. Breakthrough 36. The Rock of Chickamauga 37. Confrontation 38. The Opening Battles 39. Chattanooga, Day One 40. Lookout Mountain 41. Sherman Fails-Again 42. Routed 43. Relieved of Duty 44. Richmond 45. Joe Johnston 46. Bermuda Hundred 47. Johnston Replaced 48. Wilmington 49. First Assault 50. Fort Fisher Falls 51. Wilmington Captured 52. Kinston 53. Bentonville 54. End of the War 55. Final Years Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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