{"id":43208,"date":"2017-08-16T17:24:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/16\/there-are-10-posts-named-after-confederates-should-the-army-re-name-them\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:33:16","slug":"there-are-10-posts-named-after-confederates-should-the-army-re-name-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/there-are-10-posts-named-after-confederates-should-the-army-re-name-them\/","title":{"rendered":"There are 10 posts named after Confederates. Should the Army re-name them?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3504\" height=\"2336\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14769\" data-id=\"14769\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg 3504w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635736125232856279-arm-fort-bragg-gatejpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3504px) 100vw, 3504px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">First established in 1918 as Camp Bragg, the post was named after Confederate general Braxton Bragg, a native North Carolinian.  (Photo by Gerry Broome\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14780\" data-id=\"14780\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort-hood-sign.0.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort-hood-sign.0.jpg.jpg 534w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort-hood-sign.0.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Originally Camp Hood, it was named in 1942 for Confederate general John Bell Hood, commander of the Texas Brigade.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2073\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14789\" data-id=\"14789\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg?resize=768,531 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,708 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1061 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortaphill.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1415 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The namesake post of Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr., who was killed during the Civil War. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"395\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14795\" data-id=\"14795\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortrucker.png.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortrucker.png.png 596w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortrucker.png.png?resize=300,199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Named for Gen. Edmund Rucker, a native Tennessean who became an industrial magnate in Alabama, following the war. (Photo by U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14801\" data-id=\"14801\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635749848267770706-ap-120305056935jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Built in the 1940s, the post is named after Episcopal bishop and Confederate general Leonidas Polk. (Photo by Lolita Baldor\/Associated Press<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"121\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14811\" data-id=\"14811\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pickett.jpg.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Virginia Army National Guard post is named for Maj. Gen. George Pickett, whose namesakes also include a bloody offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, dubbed &#8220;Pickett&#8217;s Charge.&#8221; (Photo by Virginia Army National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"276\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14815\" data-id=\"14815\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortlee.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortlee.jpg.jpg 458w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortlee.jpg.jpg?resize=300,181 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fort Lee is named for the revered commander of the Confederate army, Gen. Robert E. Lee. (Photo by U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1795\" height=\"697\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14820\" data-id=\"14820\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/campbeauregard.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/campbeauregard.jpg.jpg 1795w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/campbeauregard.jpg.jpg?resize=300,116 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/campbeauregard.jpg.jpg?resize=768,298 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/campbeauregard.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,398 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/campbeauregard.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,596 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1795px) 100vw, 1795px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Louisiana guard post is named for Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (Photo by Louisiana Army National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14828\" data-id=\"14828\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortgordon.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortgordon.jpg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortgordon.jpg.jpg?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fortgordon.jpg.jpg?resize=768,496 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Formerly Camp Gordon, the post was named for Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon, who went on to become a U.S. senator from Georgia and that state&#8217;s governor after the war.  (Photo by Boston Public Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As local governments and college campuses take down more and more monuments to Confederate heroes, eyes are turning to the military \u2014 particularly the Army, which has 10 installations named after Confederate officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion has surfaced periodically throughout the years, most recently following a racially motivated church shooting in 2015, when a Pentagon official told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/06\/24\/politics\/confederate-army-bases-names\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> that there had been no moves to change any post names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army posts named for Confederates are Fort Lee, Fort Hood, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort Pickett, Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Rucker and Camp Beauregard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Navy has three ships named after Confederates.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/15\/meet-the-navy-ships-named-in-honor-of-the-confederacy\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chancellorsville.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Meet the Navy ships named in honor of the Confederacy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy has a history of naming ships after icons of the Confederacy. Such honorifics have turned contentious, most recently in the fatal protests last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, Army Times wants to know: Do you think it\u2019s time to re-brand the Army\u2019s Confederate namesakes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"apester-media\" data-media-id=\"59946154365115dd1c6b33f5\" height=\"408\"><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/static.apester.com\/js\/sdk\/v2.0\/apester-javascript-sdk.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=3e75767c-f268-4dbc-a4f0-3bd54aba3a25\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The removal of monuments and renaming highways or military installations has become a point of discussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As local governments and college campuses take down more and more monuments to Confederate heroes, eyes are turning to the military \u2014 particularly the Army, which has 10 installations named after Confederate officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":12,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3308],"class_list":["post-43208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"subheadline":"Bragg, Hood, Benning, Polk? 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