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Definition of Bragg
1. Noun. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bragg
Literary usage of Bragg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"ABOUT sunrise of the next morning, General Bragg rode to my bivouac, when report
was made to him of orders of the night before, to replenish supplies and ..."
2. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1870)
"Supposing that he was now about to be flanked on his left, Bragg, on the 7th of
September, ordered Hill's corps to move toward Lafayette ; Polk to Lee and ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He acted first as assistant engineer and then as en- gineer-in-chief of part of
the line from Chester to Holyhead. Bragg, PHILIP (d. ..."
4. History of the United States by Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1894)
"In the following September, 1862, Bragg invaded the State from Tennessee with
forty thousand men. Buell hurried north from Nashville, and after an exciting ..."
5. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"On his sideboard are pieces of plate, presented by the passengers of the " Ram
Chunder" to Captain Bragg : "The 'Ram Chunder' East-Indin- man, in a gale, ..."
6. The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States by Joel Tyler Headley (1866)
"Buell's sudden removal from the head of the army at Louisville, arrested his
march against Bragg, which he designed to commence the next day. ..."
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