Seneca Bragg grave site

Grave site of Seneca Bragg, one of over 5000 United States soldiers buried at the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (USSAH) National Cemetery during the Civil War. The cemetery is located a few hundred yards from President Lincoln's Cottage.

The spring and summer of 1864 witnessed some of the worst casualties of the Civil War as Union soldiers on the Eastern front in Virginia and the Western front in Tennessee and Georgia became bogged down in costly battles and sieges. Battles such as the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Kennesaw Mountain made the Northern public weary as the Civil War entered its fourth year. Many began to question whether Lincoln's prosecution of the war was too costly to pursue for a second term.

The exasperation from the public weighed heavily on President Lincoln as did the costly engagements. The President visited the graves of the men buried at the USSAH National Cemetery and reportedly read poetry to the buried soldiers.