USS General Bragg was a sidewheel steamer launched in 1851 in New York City under the name Mexico. She took part in the American Civil War serving in the River Defense Fleet of the Confederate forces as CSS General Bragg. On 6th June 1862 she was captured by the Union forces and after necessary repairs put into service as USS General Bragg. After the end of the Civil War, she was sold into private hands and renamed Mexico. In 1870 she was sold into foreign service.