Gen. Braxton Bragg
Born: March 22, 1817
Warrenton, North Carolina
Died: September 27, 1876
Galveston, Texas
West Point: June 1837
2nd Lieutenant: June 1837
Brevet Captain: May 1846
Major: September 1846
Lt. Colonel: February 1847
Resigned USA: January 1856
Militia Colonel: February 20, 1861
Militia Maj. Gen.: April 16, 1861
Brig. Gen. CSA: March 7, 1861
Maj. Gen. CSA: September 12, 1861
General CSA: April 6, 1862
Gen Braxton Bragg
June 1837: West Point Graduate - 5th in a class of 50
June 1837: 2nd Lieutenant in 3rd U.S. Cavalry
?: Second Seminole War
1846-1847: Mexican American War
May 1846: Siege of Fort Brown -- Appointed Brevet Captain for his actions
September 21-24, 1846: Battle of Monterrey -- Appointed Brevet Major for his actions
February 23, 1847: Battle of Buena Vista -- Appointed to Lieutenant Colonel for his actions
January 1856: Resigned US Army to become sugar planter
February 20, 1861: Promoted to Maj. General of Louisiana Militia commanding the forces around New Orleans
February 22 - March 1861: Commander, Department of Louisiana
March 7, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General
April 16, 1861: Commission transferred to the Confederate Army
March 11 - October 29, 1861: Commander, Pensacola, Florida
September 12, 1861: Promoted to Major General
October 14, 1861 - February 28, 1862: Commander, Department of Alabama and West Florida
October 29 - December 22, 1861: Commander, Army of Pensacola
March 6-17, 1862: Commander, Army of the Mississippi
March 29-June 30, 1862: Commander, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
May 7-July 5, 1862: Commander, Army of the Mississippi
June 17-November 3, 1862: Commander, Department of Tennessee
October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville
November 20, 1862-December 2, 1863: Commander, Commander, Army of the Tennessee
December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863: Battle of Stones River
September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
October-November, 1863: Battles for Chattanooga
November 27, 1864 - April 9, 1865: Commander, Department of North Carolina
January 13-15, 1865: Second Battle of Fort Fisher
March 19-21, 1865: Battle of Bentonville
April 9-26, 1865: Hoke's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 78-79
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commander. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 30-31.