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Braxton Bragg was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, [2] one of the six sons of Thomas and Margaret Crosland Bragg. One of his older brothers was future Confederate Attorney General Thomas Bragg . Bragg was also a cousin of Edward S. Bragg , who would become a Union general in the Civil War. [ 3 ]
The Confederate strategy called for Bragg to attack Louisville, Kentucky, while Smith would attack Cincinnati. [ 3 ] On September 2, 1862, General Lew Wallace , the commanding officer of United States soldiers in Cincinnati, issued an order that required the councilmen of the city to organize militia companies in each city ward.
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The 27th Mississippi was organized in November - December 1861 from volunteer companies assembled at Pensacola, Florida under the overall command of General Braxton Bragg. [1] When the Confederates abandoned Fort McRee after the Battle of Pensacola , Colonel Thomas H. Jones of the 27th Regiment was placed in charge of the evacuation of ...
By this time, the Confederate forces at Pensacola had grown to more than 5,000 men under the command of Brigadier General Braxton Bragg. [3] The companies forming Coltart's Battalion had been at Pensacola since at least early April, [4] and the mounted companies had arrived there by early May. [5]
The division then participated in the march to Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Confederate General Braxton Bragg from August 27 to September 26. This turned into a pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky from October 1 to 15. The division saw action at the Battle of Perryville on October eighth.
The 1st Louisiana Regulars were organized on 5 February 1861 in accordance with an ordinance passed at the state secession convention to establish the Louisiana State Army, a standing army under Bragg's command consisting of an infantry and an artillery regiment modeled on the United States Regular Army, subject to the same discipline as a regular unit.
Most of the soldiers were under the command of Major General Braxton Bragg who died in 1862 in conflicts around Bardstown. The monument was dedicated by the J. Crepps Wickliffe Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The base is made of limestone, and the statue of the Confederate soldier was made of zinc.