Braxton Bragg was an American military officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. He later served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, seeing action in the Western Theater. His most important role was the commander of the Army of Mississippi, later renamed the Army of Tennessee, from June 1862 until December 1863.
HEADQUARTERS TROOPS OF CONFEDERATE STATES, Near Pensacola, Fla., March 13, 1861. Lieut. A. J. SLEMMER, Commanding Fort Pickens : Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your communication of this…
Pensacola Harbor, Fla. Pensacola Harbor, Fla., March 17, 1861. Col. L. THOMAS, Assistant Adjutant-General : Sir: On the 24th of last January I left Fort Monroe, Va., with sealed orders…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2, st 27, 1862. Chattanooga, Tenn., Augi st 27, 1862. Maj. Gen. SreRLinG PRICE, Comdg. District of the Tennessee, Tupelo, Miss. : GENERAL: We move from here…
Near Tupelo, Miss., June 28, 1862. MAJor: I have the honor to transmit to you (herewith inclosed) the consolidated statement * of ordnance and ordnance stores at Confederate States Arsenal…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2, Chattanooga, Tenn., August 8, 1862. General 8. CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, O. S. Army: GENERAL: I regard it my duty to submit the following for…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2, Chattanooga, Tenn., August 14, 1862. Col. J. GorRGAS, Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, Va. : Sik: I beg to call your attention to the arsenal at Columbus,…
November 29, 1862. November 29, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSEORANS, Comdg. United States Forces : Str: Your attention is called to the copy of a communication herewith inclosed. The…
HEADQUARTERS CONFEDERATE STATES FOROES, November 29, 1862. November 29, 1862. Sir: Your attention is called to the copy of a communication herewith inclosed. The arrest and detention of this officer…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE, Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 2, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding United States Forces, Nashville, Tenn. : GENERAL: I am in receipt of your communication of…
Richmond, April 13, 1864. General J. E. JOHNSTON, Dalton, Ga. : GENERAL: I inclose you a copy of a communication from the Chief of Ordnance, to which I invite your…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, Richmond, April 13, 1864. General J. E. JOHNSTON, Dalton, Ga. : GENERAL: I inclose you a copy of a communication from the Chief of…
Richmond, April 14, 1864. Col. L. B. NoRTHROP, Commissary-General, Richmond: COLONEL: I have the honor to inform you thatit is the desire of the President that the present arrangement of…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, Richmond, April 14, 1864. Col. L. B. NoRTHROP, Commissary-General, Richmond: COLONEL: I have the honor to inform you thatit is the desire of the…
Richmond, April 22, 1864. COLONEL: The views expressed in the draft of a message to the Senate, returning with objections the ‘”‘staff bill” of last session, occur to me as…
Richmond, September 16, 1864. General WILLIAM M. GARDNER, Commanding Post, Richmond: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith is a copy of an inspection report of the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department in Richmond.…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, October 11, 1864. October 11, 1864. Respectfully returned to the Honorable Secretary of War. It appears to me that the Quartermaster-General has strangely misapprehended…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, Richmond, October 18, 1864. His Excellency the PRESIDENT: Mr. PRESIDENT: Your attention is respectfully asked to the inclosed copy of a letter from the…