CS Exe Bragg, Thomas - C.S. Attorney General

Thomas Bragg Jr.
Confederate States Attorney General
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Born: November 9, 1810

Birthplace: Warrenton, North Carolina

Father: Thomas Bragg Sr. 1778 – 1851
(Buried: Howard Street Family Cemeteries, Ocracoke, North Carolina)​

Mother: Margaret Crosland 1790 – 1850
(Buried: Old Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, North Carolina)​

Wife: Isabella M. Cuthbert 1820 – 1877
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​

Brother: US Congressman John Bragg 1806 - 1878
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

Brother: General Braxton Bragg 1817 - 1876
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

Children:

John Bragg 1841 – 1891​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​
Blanche Bragg Syme 1843 – 1870​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​
Herbert Bragg 1846 – 1875​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​
Isabella Cuthbert "Belle" Bragg Heartt 1848 – 1940​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​
Francis Rice "Frank" Bragg 1850 – 1890​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)​
Thomas Bragg 1856 – 1857​
(Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia)​
Mary Love Bragg Gilliam 1858 – 1923​
(Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia)​
Infant Bragg 1859 – 1859​
(Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia)​
Infant Bragg 1860 – 1860​
(Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia)​
Martha Cuthbert Bragg Prichard 1861 – 1897​
(Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia)​
Elsie Bragg Morton Unknown – 1927​
(Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


Graduated from Captain Partridge's Military Academy​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Jackson, North Carolina​
1842 – 1843: Member of North Carolina House of Commons​
Prosecuting Attorney for Northampton County, North Carolina​
1855 – 1859: 34th Governor of North Carolina​
1859 – 1861: United States Senator from North Carolina​
1859 – 1861: Chairman of Senate Claims Committee​
1859 – 1861: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee​

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Civil War Service:

1861: Expelled from the United States Senate on July 11th​
1861 – 1862: Confederate States Attorney General​
1862–1865: President Davis personal representative in North Carolina​
1862 – 1865: Chairman of Citizens effort to keep North Carolina committed to the Confederate Cause​

Occupation after War:

1862 – 1872: Attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina​
1870: Served as Counsel in impeachment of Governor Holden​
1870: Chairman of Democratic – Conservative Party​

Died: January 21, 1872

Place of Death: Raleigh, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 61 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina


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