Legend has it that his strict adherence to regulations once caused him to have a written dispute with himself in his dual roles of company commander and post quartermaster. Zachary Taylor ordered him to "double-shot your guns and give them hell" at Buena Vista, as his artillery battery held off Santa Anna's charge. At Shiloh, he commanded the II Corps and he replaced P. G.
Legend has it that his strict adherence to regulations once caused him to have a written dispute with himself in his dual roles of company commander and post quartermaster. Zachary Taylor ordered him to "double-shot your guns and give them hell" at Buena Vista, as his artillery battery held off Santa Anna's charge. At Shiloh, he commanded the II Corps and he replaced P. G. T. Beauregard in June 1862. Foiled in his invasion of Kentucky by Buell at Perryville, he fought a bloody but indecisive battle at Murfreesboro.  He defeated Rosecrans at Chickamauga, but failed to follow up and was later defeated at Chattanooga. FTP name this Confederate general, namesake of a North Carolina army base.
Legend has it that his strict adherence to regulations once caused him to have a written dispute with himself in his dual roles of company commander and post quartermaster.
Braxton Bragg