Braxton Bragg
Born: March 22, 1817
Birthplace: Warrenton, North Carolina
Father: Thomas Bragg Sr. 1777 – 1863
(Buried: Howard Street Family Cemetery, Ocracoke, North Carolina
Mother: Margaret Crossland 1784 – 1834
(Buried: Old Warrenton Cemetery, Warren Co., North Carolina)
Wife: Eliza Brooks Ellis 1825 – 1908 (June 7, 1849)
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Brother: US Congressman John Bragg 1806 - 1878
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Brother: C.S. Attorney General Thomas Bragg 1810 - 1872
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Married: June 7, 1849 in Louisiana
Children: None
Education:
1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (5th in class)
Occupation:
1837 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1838 – 1846: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1846 – 1856: Captain United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1856: Resigned from United States Army on January 3rd
1856 – 1861: Sugar Plantation Owner in Thibodaux, Louisiana
1860 – 1861: Member of Louisiana State Board of Public Works
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of Louisiana State Militia
1861: Major General of Louisiana State Militia
1861: Commander of the Department of Louisiana
1861: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Commanding General of Pensacola, Florida
1861 – 1862: Major General in the Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Commanding General 2nd Army Corps Army of the Mississippi
1862 – 1865: General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862 – 1863: Commanding General Department of the Mississippi
1862 – 1863: Commanding General Army of Tennessee
1863: Commanding General Department of Tennessee
1864: Military Advisor to President Jefferson Davis
1864 – 1865: Commanding General Department of North Carolina
1865: Surrendered at Durham Station, Durham, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Superintendent of New Orleans, Louisiana, Waterworks
Insurance Agent for Carolina Life Insurance Company
Chief Engineer of Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Texas State Inspector of Railroads
Died: September 27, 1876
Place of Death: Galveston, Texas
Cause of Death: Degeneration of Cerebral Blood Vessels
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
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