Bragg is among nine army bases that are dropping the names of Confederate leaders. After more than a century as Fort Bragg, on Friday, the Army's largest base by population officially becomes Fort ...

What may surprise you is that 10 high-profile U.S. Army facilities were named after Confederate military leaders, and those names were chosen for bases opened during World War I or World War II.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ... "Braxton Bragg was probably the worst commanding general in the Confederate army," he said. "Interesting general to name a fort after." ...

Fort Gregg-Adams is one of several Army installations being redesignated. Fort Lee, a U.S. Army post named after the leader of the Confederate army during the Civil War, was renamed Fort Gregg ...

It found nine Army bases and several buildings commemorating rebel officers, in addition to a monument honoring Confederate soldiers ... military experience and leadership shaped our modern ...

Ty Seidule, a retired Army brigadier general and co-chairman ... streets and monuments that honored Confederate leaders. By picking names slightly different from those of the bases' original ...

Fort Lee, the U.S. Army's Virginia garrison named after the slave-holding leader of Confederate forces during the Civil War, became Fort Gregg-Adams on Thursday in a ceremony that renamed the base ...

Pentagon leaders, including then-Army Secretary ... He took a commission as general in the Confederate Army after the Civil War began and ultimately earned a reputation for losing critical battles ...

Joseph Johnson surrendered the Army of Tennessee to ... Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, D-Davie, has tried three times to have Confederate holidays stricken from Florida Statutes, starting ...