Who Is Edward S. Bragg?

From same source as yesterday's post.

Edward S. Bragg volunteered for the Union Army  at the onset of the Civil War with no prior military knowledge and reached the rank of brigadier general by 1864.

Bragg would command the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment that was joined  with the 2nd Wisconsin,  7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana which became known as the "Iron Brigade."  (U.S. Highway 12 which goes about a half mile from where I live here in Illinois, is named the "Iron Brigade Highway.")

The brigade came by its name because they were tough fighters and  participated in several bloody battles during the war.

He retired from the Army in 1865 and later served Wisconsin as a state senator and in Congress.

Renaming Fort Bragg As Fort Bragg Sounds Like a Good Choice to Me.  --Old Secesh