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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard 's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff . (search)
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battle of Chickamauga . (search)
The battle of Chickamauga.
Report of General Braxton Bragg.
[We propose to give during the year the official reports of the most prominent Confederate offic l, Commanding Corps.
General,—I enclose orders given to General Hindman. General Bragg directs that you send or take, as your judgment dictates, Cleburne's divisi seven miles of this point.
Polk is left at Anderson's to cover your rear.
General Bragg orders you to attack and force your way through the enemy to this point at right.
I shall be delighted to hear of your success.
Very truly yours, Braxton Bragg.
To attack at daylight on the 13th.
Upon further information the order ll be executed with the utmost promptness and persistence.
By command of General Bragg, George W. Brent, Assistant Adjutant-General.
The resistance offered b tertained, whatever may have been the inferences drawn from subsequent movements.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, Braxton Bragg, General
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Confederate Artillery service. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Sketch of Third battery of Maryland Artillery . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A defence of General Bragg 's conduct at Chickamauga . (search)
A defence of General Bragg's conduct at Chickamauga. By General W. T. Martin.
Natchez, Miss., Feb'y 3r motives, during the late war, fell to the lot of General Bragg than any other prominent Confederate officer.
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This was the brilliant opportunity which General Bragg lost with his eyes open, with full knowledge of answer to these questions must, I fear, condemn General Bragg as a commander.
No one with a full knowledge cur with Colonel Anderson in his conclusions.
General Bragg in his report of the battle of Chickamauga, refe ers the rough draft of a letter written by me to General Bragg, in the Fall of 1867, when the events referred t placed under arrest for disobedience in not obeying Bragg's repeated orders to attack at an early hour on the artin. Late Major-General C. S. A.
Letter to General Bragg.
Natchez,
Day and month are not given in the original draft of my letter.——1867. General Braxton Bragg:
Dear Sir,—You ask me to give you my recollec<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge . (search)
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
Report of General Braxton Bragg.
headquarters Army of Tennessee, Dalton, 30th November, 1863. General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond:
Sir,—On Monday the 23rd, the enemy advanced in heavy force and drove in our picket line in front of Missionary Ridge, but ma nd prisoners, I fear it is much larger.
The Chief of Artillery reports the loss of forty pieces.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, Braxton Bragg, General Commanding.
Note.—As a matter of justice to General Anderson's Division, charged in the above report as breaking at Missionary Ridge, we append the following extract from an autograph letter of General Bragg to Major E. T. Sykes, of Columbus, Mississippi, dated Mobile, 8th of February, 1873: * * * * I have always believed our disaster at Missionary Ridge was due immediately to the misconduct of a brigade of Buckner's troops from East Tennessee, commanded by Brigadier-Gene
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Washington Artillery in the Army of Tennessee . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Diary of Rev. J. G. Law . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 50 (search)
A Cursory sketch of General Bragg's campaigns.
Paper no. 1. By Major E. T. Sykes, of Columbus, ippi and Tennessee, while commanded by General Braxton Bragg, thinking the same will be appreciated ine, with Gladden's and Chalmers's brigades of Bragg's corps on his right, Bragg's corps, less the Bragg's corps, less the two brigades above-mentioned, constituting the second line, followed about four hundred yards dista office gave up his life during the war,
General Bragg's estimate of Colonel Smith may be seen fr f kind remembrance, and believe me, truly, Braxton Bragg. To Chas. L. Gaston, Esq'r, Jackson, Miss. him.
Throughout that day, the right, under Bragg, did not sustain a reverse, but took position pitious.
About 11 o'clock A. M. on the 7th, Bragg's line, or at least that part of it in which w egular army.
evacuation of Corinth, and General Bragg placed in command of the Army.—Shortly aft absence by the Department at Richmond, and General Bragg placed in full command of the Army of the
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 72 (search)
A Cursory sketch of General Bragg's campaigns.
Paper no. 2. By Major E. T. Sykes, of Columbus, to the necessary and required discipline, General Bragg, with Hardee and Polk's corps, crossed the e Ohio river, just opposite Cincinnati.
General Bragg's design was to unite with him at the capi se, as witnessed and remembered by myself: General Bragg, on reaching Glasgow, Ky., with his main f o Cave City.
On the 16th (two days later) General Bragg moved up and surrounded these forces, then returned to give battle to our forces.
General Bragg's sanguine anticipations on entering Kentu October) day of that engagement, necessitating Bragg's retreat out of Kentucky by Cumberland Gap.
the order until he could communicate with General Bragg by courier and suggest the propriety and, the enemy had changed position, and hence General Bragg realized a sad disappointment by General P nt disastrous results.
In this campaign General Bragg accomplished all that it was possible for
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