Descriptive Summary
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876.
Braxton Bragg
Papers
1853-1876
Materials are written in
English.
91-257; 2009-269
1 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin
This collection
contains correspondence between Braxton Bragg and his wife Elise during and
after the Civil War, letters to H.L. Cole about Bragg’s immigration to Texas
and land speculation in 1875 and 1876, and other correspondence with the
Braggs.
Biographical NoteGeneral Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a
colonel in the US Army before resigning in 1856 and then fighting with the
Confederate States of America as general during the Civil War. He commanded the
Army of Tennessee, fighting in the Battles of Shiloh, Stones River,
Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. Bragg served as Albert Sidney Johnston’s Chief of
Staff and as military adviser to Jefferson Davis, with whom he fled to Georgia
after Lee’s surrender. Bragg eventually moved to Galveston, TX, after the end
of the war and became a civil engineer for the railroad. In 1849, he married
Elise Brooks Ellis (d. 1908).
Scope and ContentsThis collection contains correspondence
between Braxton Bragg and his wife Elise during and after the Civil War,
letters to H.L. Cole about Bragg’s immigration to Texas and land speculation in
1875 and 1876, and other correspondence with the Braggs.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Use RestrictionsUnrestricted use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Bragg, Braxton,
1817-1876--Correspondence.
Bragg, Elise.
Cole, H.L.
Subjects (Organizations)
Confederate States of America.
Army.
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865 -- Correspondence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 --
Women.
Places
Bivouac (La.)
Galveston (Tex.)
Preferred CitationBraxton Bragg Papers, 1853-1876, Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Related MaterialSee also
Civil War
Miscellany,
Confederate States of America Records, 1856-1915,
Confederate States of America Bonds, Confederate Soldier’s Death Poem, and
Confederacy Scrapbook.
Processing InformationThis collection was revised by
Laurel Rozema, October 2009.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Correspondence
3H81
With Braxton and/or Elise Bragg,
1853-1863, 1876
3H81
To H.L. Cole from Braxton Bragg,
1875-1876