Edward S. Bragg-- Part 5: Too Ill for Gettysburg

Colonel Edward Bragg became seriously ill after the Chancellorsville, possibly because of  the poor weather conditions during the battle, combined with an injury he received from being kicked by Major  John Hauser's horse.  He remained in his tent while attempting to recuperate, but in early June he was sent to a hospital in Washington, D.C..

While sick, he missed the entire Gettysburg Campaign, leaving the regiment under the command of Lt. Colonel Rufus Dawes.  Both Dawes and the regiment performed heroically on the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Rufus Dawes was the great grandson of William Dawes who warned the Massachusetts  Minutemen of the approach of the British prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.  He was one of several  men spreading the word, but Paul Revere is the one best-known for doing it.

Bragg attempted to rejoin his regiment in the days after Gettysburg but was too ill and had to return to medical care.

--Old Secesh