Braxton Bragg
The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy

This book explains the controversy about the Confederate General Braxton Bragg (1813-1876). Hess makes the argument that Bragg’s treatment by history has been unfair. Hess attempts a historical assessment of Bragg. The book is well written and researched. I think that Hess has written a useful, balan......more

Most people think of Braxton Bragg in a negative light when it comes to the civil war. He’s considered by many a bad general, but it doesn’t stop there: He’s been accused of executing high numbers of soldiers for breaking rules, he’s accused of being a lackey for Jefferson Davis, and he is scapegoat......more

This was a very analytical, if not overly narrative, biography of easily the most controversial Rebel general of the War Between the States. As the subtitle suggests, Earl Hess spends a great deal of time detailing the rancorous relationships Braxton Bragg had with other Southern military commanders......more

This is a fine biography of a Confederate general who drew both praise and criticism. The subtitle is perhaps overstated: "The Most Hated Man iof the Confederacy." But he was a lightning rod for caustic comments. This volume is a judicious analysis of Bragg--noting his weaknesses--and his strengths.......more

Earl J. Hess with the effortless prose that makes reading his books so enjoyable attempts a revisionist view of Braxton Bragg's Civil War career. He makes a case up to a point. Bragg had as Hess notes generally good relations with his division (Benjamin Cheatham and Simon Bolivar Buckner were major......more