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.
19 Jul 2016. Braxton Bragg was a senior commander in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Bragg became a highly controversial commander and attempts were made to remove him from his commands. Many found Bragg to be bad tempered, rude and unable to take advice.