Maya Temples: Like many Maya buildings, Maya temples were built of stone, with platforms on the top where wooden and thatch structures could be built. Temples tended to be pyramids, with steep stone steps leading to the top, where important ceremonies and sacrifices took place.
role in. P.G.T. Braxton Bragg, (born March 22, 1817, Warrenton, N.C., U.S.âdied Sept. 27, 1876, Galveston, Texas), Confederate officer in the U.S. Civil War (1861â65) whose successes in the West were dissipated when he failed to follow up on them.
In north Georgia and south Tennessee, Union and Confederate armies clashed September 19-20, 1863, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. General William S. Rosecrans led the Union troops, while General Braxton Bragg led the Confederate forces. The battle was a victory for the Confederates, but it was also one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War with losses of 16,000 Union soldiers and 18,000 Confederate soldiers. Return to the Table of Contents