General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.
Published on 1. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
536 pages
978-1-4766-9343-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"the most detailed and objective biography available of this controversial individual"-America's Civil War; "much of benefit for readers...as the first one-volume biography of Bragg since the 1920s...soundly written"-The Journal of Southern History.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
34 photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9343-9 (9781476693439)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.
Content
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
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