Continued from May 27.
Edward Bragg settled in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and became a lawyer there. He quickly rose to prominence and associated himself with the Democratic party. In 1853, he was elected district attorney of the town and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, S.C., in 1860 and nominated Stephen A. Douglas for president.
When word of the attack on Fort Sumter reached Fond du Lac, he addressed an assembly there and an entire company of men were raised for three months' service. As Bragg was going about arranging his affairs, another call went out, this time for three years' service.
He recruited another company and was elected its captain. The company became known as "Bragg's Rifles" and would become Company E of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
--Old Secesh
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