. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE CONFEDERATE LEADER AT CHICK.\MAUGA Major-General Braxton Bragg, Born, 1815; West Point, 1837;Died, 1876. Braggs name before 1861 was perhaps better known in mili-tary annals than that of any other Southern leader because of his brilliantrecord in the ^Mexican War. In the Ci\il War he distinguished himselffirst at Shiloh and by meritorious ser\-ices thereafter. But his delays ren-dered him scarcely a match for Rosecrans, to say nothing of Grant andSherman. Flanked out of two strong positions, he missed the opportunitypres
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE CONFEDERATE LEADER AT CHICK.\MAUGA Major-General Braxton Bragg, Born, 1815; West Point, 1837;Died, 1876. Braggs name before 1861 was perhaps better known in mili-tary annals than that of any other Southern leader because of his brilliantrecord in the ^Mexican War. In the Ci\il War he distinguished himselffirst at Shiloh and by meritorious ser\-ices thereafter. But his delays ren-dered him scarcely a match for Rosecrans, to say nothing of Grant andSherman. Flanked out of two strong positions, he missed the opportunitypresented by Rosecrans widely separated forces and failed to crush theArmy of the Cumberland in detail, as it advanced to the battle of Chick-amauga. The error cost the Confederates the loss of Tennessee, eventually.
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