Definition of Braxton Bragg

1. Noun. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).

Exact synonyms: Bragg
Generic synonyms: Full General, General

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braxton Bragg

Bratislava
Bratislavan
Bratislavans
Brattleboro
Braun
Braun's anastomosis
Braun's holly fern
Braune's valve
Braunschweig
Braunschweiger
Bravais lattice
Braxton
Braxton-Hicks contraction
Braxton Bragg (current term)
Braxton Hicks sign
Braxton Hicks version
Brayden
Brayon
Brayons
Braz
Brazil
Brazil nut
Brazil nuts
Brazil wax
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Sign Language

Literary usage of Braxton Bragg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"It was a GENERAL Braxton Bragg. (FROM A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH.) ents were both exhausted. Should the North triumph, France could not hope to retain her hold ..."

2. Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke by Basil Wilson Duke (1909)
"Braxton Bragg. The conduct of more than one of them was, at sometime, criticized. But none other was criticized so generally and so bitterly. ..."

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