canyonwalker: wiseguy (Default)
canyonwalker ([personal profile] canyonwalker) wrote 2021-04-02 04:03 am (UTC)

Your comment led me to read the history of Fort Bragg, CA. Indeed it was named in 1857 for Braxton Bragg, a US Army captain who later joined the Confederacy and is (dis)credited with being a terrible commander whose numerous ineffective campaigns contributed to his side's loss.

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