General Bragg

General Bragg may refer to:

  • Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
  • USS General Bragg, a warship that was pressed into service by the Confederate Navy during the American civil war

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or bragg:

    “We all have known
    Good critics, who have stamped out poet’s hopes;
    Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state;
    Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause;
    Good kings, who disembowelled for a tax;
    Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy;
    Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs;
    And damned the general world for standing up.—
    Now, may the good God pardon all good men!”
    —Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)

    “There’s nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered.”
    —Melvyn Bragg (b. 1939)