[X Fretensis]

No reference. The practice was discussed as part of legislation to return captured Confederate Battle flags to the their states. Myers near Arlington cemetery started as a Union fort built as part of the defenses of Washington DC. Ft. Eustis in Virginia was named for an Army officer that died in the 1840s. Ft McClellan was established during the first World War. But generally speaking Army posts in the old Confederacy are named for Officers of the Confederate Army.

[tanknetter]

But generally speaking Army posts in the old Confederacy are named for Officers of the Confederate Army.

US tanks, circa WWII, alternated between being named after Confederate and Union generals. M3 Lee, M3 Grant, M4 Sherman, M3/M5 Stuart.

Lets also consider two of the names given to the "41 for Freedom" USN Ballistic Missile subs: USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) and USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)