Bios for Brandon, Brannan, Brantley, Bratton and Brayman - 12/16/2006 6:05:22 AM
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bountyhunter
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Brandon,_W.L. (1802-1890) Mississippi planter Brigadier General William Lindsay Brandon was a pre-war major general in the state militia. After service in the state legislator and taking medical training he was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the 21st Mississippi in 1861. Sent with his regiment to Virginia he fought during the Seven Days and was severely wounded at Malvern Hill, where he lost a leg. Returning to duty in August 1863 he was promoted to colonel and assumed command of his original regiment in August 1863. He participated in the fighting at Chickamauga and Knoxville. In June 1864 he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as director of the Bureau of Conscription in Mississippi. He spent the rest of the war and all of his service as a general directing the draft. After the war he retired to his plantation. Leadership: 3 Tactical: 3 Initiative: 3 Command: 4 Cavalry: 0 Brannan,_J.M. (1819-1892) D.C. native Brigadier General John Milton Brannan entered West Point from Indiana. Graduating in 1841, he posted to the artillery and saw action in Mexico where he was wounded and received a brevet. A professional soldier he was promoted to captain in the 1st Artillery in 1854. He was appointed a brigadier general in September 1861 and was assigned to command the district of Key West. He saw action at Jacksonville, Florida and received a brevet. He went on to command the forces at Beaufort, South Carolina. He was transferred west in 1863 to command a division in the Army of the Cumberland. He distinguished himself on the defensive in the disaster at Chickamauga and as a result was promoted to major in the regular army. Prior to the battles around Chattanooga and as a result of his specialty he was appointed chief of artillery for the Army of the Cumberland and inspected all of the batteries in the department. He served throughout the Atlanta Campaign. He was mustered out of volunteer service in May 1866 and remained in the regular army until his 1882 retirement as colonel, 4th Artillery. Leadership: 4 Tactical: 5 Initiative: 6 Command: 4 Cavalry: 0 Brantley,_W.F. (1830-1870) Alabama-born Mississippi attorney Brigadier General William Felix Brantley sat on the state convention on secession before joining the army as a captain in the Wigfall Rifles. Appointed colonel in 1862, he assumed command of the 29th Mississippi. Wounded at Murfreesboro, he returned in time to command his regiment at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. During the Atlanta Campaign his regiment was consolidated with the 30th Mississippi and he remained in command. During the Battle of Atlanta he succeeded the mortally wounded Samuel Benton in brigade command. Four days later he was promoted to brigadier general. Accompanying Hood into middle Tennessee, he led his brigade at Franklin, Nashville and later in the Carolinas. After the surrender at Durham Station, he resumed legal practice until he was killed by an unknown assailant near Winona, Mississippi. Leadership: 4 Tactical: 3 Initiative: 3 Command: 4 Cavalry: 0 Bratton,_J. (1831-1898) South Carolina native Brigadier General John Bratton was doctor before the outbreak of the war. Originally enlisting as a private in the 6th South Carolina in 1861 he was appointed a 2nd lieutenant in July of that year. His regiment was originally assigned to Charleston but was transferred to Virginia in time for the Peninsula Campaign. Upon arrival he was named colonel of his regiment when it was reorganized as part of Jenkins’ brigade, Pickett’s Division. He led his regiment at Yorktown, Williamsburg and Seven Pines where he was wounded and captured. Exchanged, he resumed command and led the regiment at Fredericksburg and in southeastern Virginia during the Siege of Suffolk. Sent west under Hood with Longstreet’s Corps, he led a brigade at Wauhatchie and Knoxville. Returning east he resumed his regimental command at the Wilderness until Jenkins was killed. Promoted to brigadier, he led Jenkins’ Brigade through Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and surrendered at Appomattox. After the war he was a farmer and was prominent in South Carolina politics. Leadership: 3 Tactical: 3 Initiative: 3 Command: 4 Cavalry: 0 Brayman,_M. (1813-1895) New York native attorney and journalist Brigadier General Mason Brayman was residing in Illinois at the outbreak of the war. Appointed a major in the 29th Illinois in April 1861, he was in command of it in August leading it at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. Promoted to brigadier in 1862, he briefly commanded a brigade in the Army of the Tennessee which proved to be his last line command. Thereafter he held various post and district assignments in the Western theater including: Cairo, IL and Natchez, MS. Brevetted major general for his war service, he was mustered out in August 1865. After the war he returned to journalism but also became involved in railroading. He later served as governor of Idaho. Leadership: 3 Tactical: 3 Initiative: 3 Command: 3 Cavalry: 0
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