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895……(Born
N.C.) Braxton
Bragg
(Ap’d N. C.)……..5
Military History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July
1, 1837, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 1, 1837.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1837; in the Florida War, 1837-38; in the
Cherokee Nation, 1838, while transferring the Indians to the West;
(First Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 7, 1838)
in the Florida War,
1838-39; on Recruiting service, 1840; in the Florida War, 1840-41, 1841-42;
in garrison at St. Augustine, Fla., 1842-43, -- and Ft. Moultrie, S. C.,
1843-44, 1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, Tex., May
3-9-1846,
(Bvt. Capt. May 9,
1846, for Gallant and Distinguished Conduct
in the Defense of Ft.
Brown, Texas)
(Captain, 3d
Artillery, June 18, 1846)
--Battle of Monterey,
Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- and Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847;
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 23,
1846, for Gallant Conduct in the Several Conflicts at Monterey, Mex.)
on the Staff of Bvt.
Maj.-General Gaines, as Acting Asst. Inspector-General,
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col, Feb.
23, 1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battle
of Buena Vista, Mex.)
Western
Division, Feb. 21 to Aug. 10, 1849; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
1849, 1850-52, 1853; on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1853-54, -- and
Ft. Washita, I. T., 1854-55; and on
(Major, 1st
Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855; Declined)
leave of absence,
1855-56.
Resigned, Jan. 3,
1856.
Civil
History. --- Sugar Planter, Lafourche Parish, La., 1856-61. Commissioner of
the Board of Public Works of the Sate of Louisiana, 1859-61.
Joined in
the Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
Civil
History. --- Superintendent of New Orleans Water Works, 1868 to 18__. Chief
Engineer of the Board for the Improvement of the River, Harbor, and Bay of
Mobile, Ala., 18__ to 18__; and of Gulf, Colorado, and Sata Fe, N. M.,
Railroad, 1874.
Died, Sep. 27, 1876,
at Galveston, Tex.: Aged 59.
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