Edward Stuyvesant Bragg
Born: February 20, 1827
Birthplace: Unadilla, New York
Father: Joel B. Bragg
Mother: Margarette Kohl
Wife: Cornelia Colman 1830 – 1914
(Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
Children:
Kate Colman Bragg Henry 1854 – 1895
(Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
William Kohl Bragg 1856 – 1878
(Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
Margaret Bragg Sherman 1859 – 1937
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)
Bertha Bragg Scriven 1863 – 1914
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
Attended Geneva (Hobart) College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Unadilla, New York
Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
District Attorney in Wisconsin
1860: Wisconsin Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain in 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Major of 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded in left arm at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1863: Kicked on the foot by a horse near White Oak Church
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1864 – 1865: Commander of the famed Iron Brigade
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on October 9th
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
1866 – 1868: U.S. Postmaster in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
1868 – 1870: Wisconsin State Senator
1868: Delegate to Soldiers and Sailors Convention in New York City
1871: Unsuccessful Candidate for Wisconsin State Attorney General
1872: Wisconsin Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1874: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
1877 – 1883: United States Congressman from Wisconsin
1877 – 1879: Congressional Chairman on Expenses Dept. of Justice
1879 – 1881: Congressional Chairman of War Claims Committee
1880: Wisconsin Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1884: Wisconsin Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1885 – 1887: United States Congressman from Wisconsin
1885 – 1887: Congressional Chairman of Military Affairs Committee
1887 – 1888: Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
1888 – 1889: United States Minister to Mexico
1896: Wisconsin Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1902: United States Counsel General in Havana, Cuba
1902 – 1903: United States Counsel General in Hong Kong, China
Died: June 20, 1912
Place of Death: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Cause of Death: Effects of Paralytic Stroke
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Burial Place: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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