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General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A. Samuel J. Martin; McFarland & Co., 2011, $55 Anyone interested in the Confederate high command in the Western Theater will have to read this 500-plus page biography of Braxton Bragg. Few will agree with all of Samuel Martin’s arguments, some will question statements that differ from long-accepted gospel and many will …
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