Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a Confederate general during the Civil War best known for his role as the commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, a tactical victory but one that didn’t end up helping the Confederates in the West strategically.In 1863, Bragg fought a series of battles against Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans and the Union Army of the Cumberland. In June, he was outmaneuvered in the Tullahoma Campaign and retreated into Chattanooga. In September, he was forced to evacuate Chattanooga, but counterattacked Rosecrans and defeated him at the Battle of Chickamauga, the bloodiest battle in the Western Theater, and the only major Confederate victory. In November, Bragg's army was defeated in turn by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Battles for Chattanooga.Throughout these campaigns, Bragg fought almost as bitterly against some of his uncooperative subordinates as he did against the enemy, and they made multiple attempts to have him replaced as army commander. Bragg eventually removed Leonidas Polk and D.H. Hill from their commands, but the defeat at Chattanooga was the last straw and Bragg was recalled in early 1864 to Richmond, where he became a military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Bragg wrote an official account of the Battle of Shiloh that was preserved in the The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, and this edition is specially formatted with maps of the battle and images of other important military commanders.