The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . BRAXTON BRAGG. Bom in Warren Co., N. C, ]R1.\. Graduate at U. Academy, ISK. Served Ihrough the MexicanWar, gaining a brevet of tor meritoriousconduct. Resigned the service, 1866. At ihe beginning01 the Civil War he was made Commander-in Chiei ofthe Volunteer Forces of Louisiana, and shurtlv after-ward a in the Confederate Army, with com-mand at Pensaeola, Fla. Feb., 18H3, in com-mand of the ad Corps at Shiloh. (ieneral. in Aprilfollowing, nefeated by G
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . BRAXTON BRAGG. Bom in Warren Co., N. C, ]R1.\. Graduate at U. Academy, ISK. Served Ihrough the MexicanWar, gaining a brevet of tor meritoriousconduct. Resigned the service, 1866. At ihe beginning01 the Civil War he was made Commander-in Chiei ofthe Volunteer Forces of Louisiana, and shurtlv after-ward a in the Confederate Army, with com-mand at Pensaeola, Fla. Feb., 18H3, in com-mand of the ad Corps at Shiloh. (ieneral. in Aprilfollowing, nefeated by Gen. Grantal Missionary Ridge, Q^I-oS ,o~<P° P^*^ duty at liichmond, 18(t4. Ufedoept. 27, 1876. ,. CHARLES FRANCIS in Boston, Mass., Aug. 18,1807. Grandson of thesecond and son of the sixth President ol the UnitedStales. Went to Hussia with his father, then U. S. Min-isler, when two years old. remaining six years. Grad-uate at Harvard College, 1825. Studied law with DanielWebster, and was admitted to the bar. Elected Mem-ber of Congress, 188. Minister to Great Britain, he was recalled at his own request. for Ihe U. S. in the Geneva Tribunal for set-tlement of claims arising from Ihe Civil War, of several historical works, a frequent conrib-utor t) magazine literature, and an able speaker. DiedNov. ai, Issii
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