Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-12-18
On. BRAxToN BRAGG,

= EtIther Of the confederate Senat,
lsgg late member uf President Davi
10 q,iiut. He entered the Unite
10 ates Army as second lieutenant i
Y Third United states Artilerv o
z 18th OF june, he was eummissone
icaptain in the above-named eorps
y was actively engaged througloll
y b Seminole war ilf FIsrida in 1881
: iS5s,he was at Camp Missionar,
~" two miles from Chattanooga
= lille General Scott (the tlaitor) was
IIgaged in removing the Cherokee,
the West. In the fall of 1888 h,
lent to Fort Rulnmins, where he was
+ pr sometime in commad.
!. At tile breaking. out Of the war be
8 lveen the United States and Mexico
s + accompanied Gen. Taylor to Corpus
fhristi- lie bore a gallant part in
, he battles OF Palo Alto and Resaca
re la Palma; and for his vigorous d.
hnct of Fort Brown, was highly com
|nehded 10 jam X. Polk, then Presi.
lent of he United States.
At Monterey, Captain Bragg highly
distinguished himself III the severe
street lights. and especially in the at
tuck upon the Cathedral and the Main
Plaza. Bragg held very exposed
pnsition, and few batteries sustained
greater loss 10 the engagement than
dill his own. He was highly commend
atl Tor his gallantfy by all his superior
Jllieers.
Captain Bragg remained with Gen.
l#ytnf after the withdrawal Of the reg
ilaf troops, and his prompt and fear
ess roiiduct at Buena Vista is said TO
ave saved the American army from
letc;si. On him Gen. Taylor leaned
when every Other artilIcrist had retir-
g aud he. ,lnasslstud by any save his
gallant few and the Generut himself.
Iulle5t back the thousands Of Iancers
Il the iinai charge, and saved the in
dnttI tfuln an utter runt 1t was dr
ing The llstust part ut this rngagu-
ltiit that the old General himself rode |
p 10 the battery, and called for "a |
Nv aipfe gfgpe, Captain Bragg
w lite N Mexieo, and after the bat
e OF Buhna Vista, two attempts were
ladc to assassiiate this brave officer.
u one OF the attempts he himself gives
IA account IN u letter, dated August
9th, lS4T, from Which the following
an extract: af
An attempt was made about 2 A.
!, night butou last, to assaRsinate Inc
my bed. | have no clue to the per-
'trator, and can suggest no reason
Y the aot. Ny escape without in
~ i almost miraculous. As exag
lrated accounts may reach the press
nth may interest you. A twelve
'nnd shell, heavily charged, was
aced within two feet Of my bed, just
'tsIdc OF my tent, and exploded by a
NV match; the fragments literally rid.
ing my tent d d bedding, pieces pas /
ng above aud below me, some
rough q blanket spread over me and /
t was untouched. | was not
ware that | had an enemy in the /
nrld, and at times feel disposed to {
'leve now that it may have been in /
ndcd as . practical Joke by some fool
horant OF the effect of shells tlIus ex /
pded. Be that as it may, my escape /,
AS almost miraculous, and / prefer t
1t repeating the joke" d
Alter the Mexican war, Bragg was ,
ade lleutenant-coloneI, and accom-. q
MED the gallant ALBERT Sidney JoHN- d
N in the noted expedition to , tab 4
w hen the present Struggle for inde- 8
ndence commenced, Col, Bragg had '
signed his commission in the army. $
d was residing on his magnificent c
tate in Mississippi. No sooner was n
. Confederate flag unfurled to the n
eeze, than BRAxroN BRAGG was made
mmandel-n-chief Of the forces of !,
uisiana by the Legislature of that
ate. He was shortly after made :
gadier general by President Davis !
erwards succeeded Gen. Beaure.
I'd at Corinth, and now commands
Arnyof the Mississippi .
zen. Bragg is one the of strictest i
p''narlans in the army, but is report .
ny all who know him to be scrupu i,
'ly just. = ;.
Gen. Bragg is a married man, and i;
said to be the fortunate possessor of "
of the most accomplished wives in y
Coufederaey, Ntt4 {,
zen. Bragg and staff are now in this Fl
y at the Spottswood House. He Z
ne on official business. Ill Illustrated Y
ws. 80 s d
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