Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-15
GEN. TRAN~ON BRAGG.

H.e %ssig"1lcrt Of this veteran commander
ana noble paf:iot 10 q position OF trust AN!
responsibility IN military Alters. second Only
- ,kat hc,d " the Prcsidcrt himself, is al
eyent # m5rcatous Interest 70 the country.
and deserving. therefore {. OF more than q merc
passiay notice ut the hand. ut these whose
du;7 il j. t. clr,ricle the progress Of the pre-
sea. struggle io~ Ehectg. 20 ;h1sr WIN hare
carefully and inYartiailr watched his career,
Nh especially T. that band at heroes cGni!'u~
sin, the army Of Pensacola, who, hy .0ns ard
;nt,u, .te assjaiarion. have had Superior oppor-
taajiies gor iud.jag his merits as Il soldier
AID = nan. his alrvn; upon -'c vast ard I'M
,,r.,a, theatre - which he has been assigned
), hsil-i ~ IN rarGtsi o! iug'eaaci vigor ana
eff iaury ia the prep ~.ri;.1ns t0c and conduct 8!
Tho ~critica! camp2isa now rapidly approach
i7-. Taey rel Iicc 10 know tAas ia high or
der Of talent ~ o chic!t&ln, MS .h"ewdncss
and t.Ct - q sgratcgIs., his Ia;omltabfe per
severance IN The discharge of duty, his Tifsj
sense Of justice, uawa"rN3 By The rark or %.
ricicn Of those with VIA ~ h. nAs 10 deai, his
elevated mora courage, iu> Tcr-yn,l bravery,
h;sEutiyiaE ministry. hs z'ai. hij d:"oGnn,
hrs pa;rio,ism--:hey rsi,,c % 'hirk Tx
tn.ss niniraale autiities, -evcg ned in eiu!-
2oisa BIZ tabit. d. strict temperance, ar, ~ hn
f.-purh1 - bear upoa our rIii!.ary situation
from q higher stand. point than ho he's her--
raf,-s occupied. OF his peculiar fitness Tor
IN. POSITION there can scarcely be Il doubt,
when il is considered that his assignment
meets With tho hearty concurrence OF al hi
:.mpCers-Gcneral Cooper, Lee, Johl.s.on ard
Bcauresari. Assured Of their cnnre conf
,.isnce, in addition ID that " the wisc and sa-
yacious Ruler, to whose guidance, under Prov
ienoe, is entrusted the destiny of the natiol,
he can we'll afJri 10 smile at the futile ef1rss
of O few to underrate his talents IS a COM
mapder, misrepresent his campaigns. and de-
F,ce his character as a man. The part he has
already performed will constitute q most i'm
r5..aut and interesting chapter in the histor,
ut tle war, bus such is his natural reserve
and r~.ticence that were it not fnr the ocra-
sis.;.i interference Of those who are familiar
with lis campaigns. the gross injustice which
hrs. either isaoraptiy or maliciousiy, been
done him, would, until some future time, pass
~sntirely unnoticcd, along with the popular
m,sconcepIion Of the immense difficulties me
der which he lsbored. ana the large measure
ut eu@cess ~ which he attained in r.oI triton
to the means at bis command.
General Bragg was born in Warren county,
N,r.n Carolina, in 1919, ana is Consequently
,,ow 1. years ofage. lie Was appointed TO West
p,ins in 1888, where he graduated i, 1897.
and was immediately thereafter placed in the
artillery aad ordered to Florida, where hn
served IN the Indian war until 1913. In Isis
he was sent to Mexico, in the war with which
cyunsry lie woa g reputation which soos made
his name familiar TO every schol boz in
the land. Returning home, no resigned his
commission in 1856, aud retired to a sugar
plantation. which he purchased, on tue banks
Of BAYOU iaf,urche, Louisiana. lie married,
in 1919, the highly accomplished daughter Of
the late r. g. Ellis, Formerly of Adams eoun-
ty. Mississippi, and Il is therefore in no manner
connected with President DAVIS, a.some news-
r.apers have asserted.
At the beginning nj our present troubles,
Eereral Bragg's well known abilities were
CLAIMED BY bis adopted State and months !
l,,r,re the FIRST gun was fired at Charleston,
be vas placed. upon the Military BHard ofI
!, ,uisiapa for organizing the State troops, and
soon efser appointed Major General of tho
game. Hardly bad be entered upon the die
cborse Of his duties, when he was appointed
Brraiier General in the Confederate service,
ara directed 10 take command OF the fornes
selecting 81 Pensacola. Without a mcnuent's
! ,,tati n. hr accepted the appointment: AID,
: thnn; returning TO his plantation TO put his
:, 9ra;rs in order, or bid his family farewell, ho
60 the post assigned. Here he labor :
I'd sssiduously in the construction OF defences :