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To: laurenmarlowe

It is interesting how many Army bases are named after Confederate Generals.

Just off hand I can think of several. Fort Hood, Fort A P Hill, Fort Lee, Fort Bragg, Fort Stewart, (Is there a Fort Jackson?).

27 posted on 08/18/2014 7:03:36 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)

Fort Jackson, SC, near Columbia.

28 posted on 08/18/2014 7:04:03 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)

In South Carolina but it’s named for Andrew Jackson.

31 posted on 08/18/2014 7:05:34 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)

Fort AP Hill, VA - Confederate General Amborse Powell (AP) Hill
Camp Beauregard LA - Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
Fort Benning, GA – Confederate Brigadier General Henry L. Benning
Fort Bragg, NC – Confederate General Braxton Bragg
Fort Gordon, GA - Confederate Lieutenant General John Brown Gordon
Fort Hood, TX - Confederate General John Bell Hood
Fort Lee, VA – Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Fort Picket VA - Confederate General George E. Pickett
Fort Polk, LA - Confederate General Reverend Leonidas Polk
Fort Rucker, AL – Confederate Colonel Edmund W. Rucker
Fort Stewart, GA – Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Stewart
Camp Van Dorn MS – Confederate General Earl Van Dorn

35 posted on 08/18/2014 7:23:46 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)

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