List of U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers

Ten military installations in the United States are named after general officers in the Confederate States Army. With the sole exception of the Virginia Army National Guard's Fort Pickett, these are all U.S. Army posts, named mostly following World War I and during the 1940s.[1][2]

In June 2020, during nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd by police officers, the U.S. military began rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, including base names. The use of confederate flags, and statues or memorials dedicated to Confederate Army officers, has been seen as part of racism in the country.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy indicated they were "open to a bipartisan discussion", but President Donald Trump said his administration would "not even consider" renaming what he called "Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations" that "have become part of a Great American Heritage, a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom." If Congress were to pass such legislation, said Trump's press secretary, the president would not sign it.[1]

The installations in question, all in Southern United States, are:

• Camp Beauregard near Pineville, Louisiana, named for Louisiana native and Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.[3]
• Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia, named after Henry L. Benning, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.[4][5]
• Fort Bragg in North Carolina, named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg.
• Fort Gordon near Grovetown, Georgia, named in honor of John Brown Gordon, who was a major general in the Confederate army.
• Fort A.P. Hill near Bowling Green, Virginia, named for Virginia native and Confederate Lieutenant General A. P. Hill.[6]
• Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, who is best known for commanding the Texas Brigade during the American Civil War.
• Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia, named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.[7]
• Fort Pickett near Blackstone, Virginia, named for Confederate General George Pickett.
• Fort Polk near Leesville, Louisiana, named in honor of the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, an Episcopal Bishop and Confederate General.
• Fort Rucker in Dale County, Alabama, named for Edmund Rucker, a colonel appointed acting brigadier general in November 1864, but whose promotion went unconfirmed by the Confederate Congress (disbanded March 18, 1865).