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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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Braxton Bragg
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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