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To: Olog-hai

I was just reading about Bragg - he was the worst general the CSA had, and contributed to their defeat. Only Jeff Davis liked him.


17 posted on 01/28/2025 6:12:44 PM PST by proxy_user
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Based on your comment, I also looked him up. And yes, Bragg did an excellent job of losing battles.

The CSA had some excellent leaders, I wonder why Bragg’s name was used for that Fort? Regardless, premier US fighting units are there now. I know a young soldier about to be assigned there, and when he selected it the recruiter called it Bragg, so the name is still being used.


25 posted on 01/28/2025 6:24:37 PM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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To: proxy_user

I was just reading about Bragg - he was the worst general the CSA had, and contributed to their defeat. Only Jeff Davis liked him.

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I always wondered why a major post was named after him.


35 posted on 01/28/2025 6:54:06 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possiWe neve hear of gambling paying off $billioble.)
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Fort Bragg started as an artillery training center; Braxton Bragg was NC most famous artillery officer and a hero of the Mexican war. The naming of the base had nothing to do with his performance in the war between the states.


45 posted on 01/28/2025 7:35:55 PM PST by LambSlave
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“I was just reading about Bragg - he was the worst general the CSA had, and contributed to their defeat. Only Jeff Davis liked him.”

Hood as an army commander is right up there with Bragg. If they’re going to rename Ft Hood again, they should go with Audie Murphy, the greatest Texan hero of all.


58 posted on 01/28/2025 9:46:30 PM PST by rxh4n1
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