[20210823]IN10756_邦联名称和军事设施.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Confederate Names and Military Installations Updated August 23, 2021 U.S. Military Bases Named in Honor of Confederate Military Leaders There are 10 major military installations named after Confederate Civil War commanders located in the former states of the Confederacy. These are all Army installations: Fort Rucker (after Col. Edmund W. Rucker, who was given the honorary title of “General”) in Alabama; Fort Benning (Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning) and Fort Gordon (Maj. Gen. John Brown Gordon) in Georgia; Camp Beauregard (Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant “P.G.T.” Beauregard) and Fort Polk (Gen. Leonidas Polk) in Louisiana; Fort Bragg (Gen. Braxton Bragg) in North Carolina; Fort Hood (Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood) in Texas; and Fort A.P. Hill (Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell “A.P.” Hill), Fort Lee (Gen. Robert E. Lee) and Fort Pickett (Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett) in Virginia. According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Camp Beauregard and Forts Benning, Bragg, Gordon, and Lee were established during World War I while the other forts (Hill, Hood, Pickett, Polk, and Rucker) were established in the 1940s. The Nami