It would be unusual for any head of state to appear at an upcoming battlefield. Jefferson Davis, had always wanted to be a general and had plenty of strategic advice for his generals as did US President Lincoln. In the situation of Tennessee, Davis paid a visit to General Braxton Bragg. Davis was concerned about the numbers of Federal troops near Chattanooga Tennessee. Davis urged Bragg to send General Longstreet to attack Union forces under the command of General Burnside in Knoxville in an effort to regain Tennessee for the South. This, Davis believed would force Union General US Grant to chase after Longstreet. Grant was not fooled however, and planned instead to break the siege that Bragg had set for Chattanooga.
The general was Braxton Bragg and the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
On June 27, 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis relieved General Beauregard as the commander of the Army of Tennessee. Beauregard was replaced by General Braxton Bragg.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg was not popular with his troops. More than one of his generals in the Army of Tennessee lobbied President Davis for his removal. Finally after major failures at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain in late 1863, Davis put into action his plans to replace Bragg.
The Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by General Braxton Bragg.
The Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg.
In the Western theater, on August 21, General Braxton Brag's army reached Chattanooga Tennessee. There he and prepared his forces to join the Confederate offensive started by General Kirby.
Generals Braxton Bragg and William Rosecrans were the military leaders at the Battle of Stones River. The Battle of Stones River is also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro. It was fought in middle Tennessee from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863. The Union forces led by William Rosecrans defeated the Confederate forces led by Braxton Bragg.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg had been carrying on operations in the Western theater. In 1862, he and General Kirby Smith were preparing to join forces for battles in Tennessee. In the last days of August, 1862, Bragg begins his offensive against Union General Buell in Tennessee.
Braxton Bragg was a general in the Confederate States Army.
General Braxton Bragg was the commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee during the Battle of Chattanooga.
Longstreet and Bragg pushed Rosecrans back to Chatanooga.
Confederate strength was diminished when Confederate General Braxton Bragg, on November 4, sent a major part of his army under the command of General Longstreet to Knoxville. Bragg believed that Union forces in Kentucky would head south to Tennessee and take almost complete control of Tennessee.