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.
Full Answer. While Bragg led the Army of Tennessee in 1862, Jackson fought at the First Battle of Bull Run. General Lee was a pivotal commander during the Civil War. At the end of the war, he surrendered the last of the Confederate forces at Appomattox to General Ulysses S. Grant in April of 1865. The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865.