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CHARGE TO THE SONS OF THE CONFEDERACY GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE BIOGRAPHY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S CIVIL WAR PROCLAMATION PRESIDENT FORD'S REMARKS REGARDING GEN. ROBERT E. LEE'S CITIZENSHIP |
Albert Sidney Johnston Camp #67
Sons of Confederate Veterans
United States Forts, Camps, or Bases Named After Confederates
| NAME | STATE | PERSON COMMEMORATED |
| ALABAMA | ||
| Fort Rucker | Alabama | Colonel Edmund W. Rucker |
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GEORGIA |
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| Fort Benning | Georgia | Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning |
| Fort Gordon | Georgia | Brig. Gen. John Brown Gordon |
| Camp Toombs renamed Camp Toccoa | Currahee Mountain, Georgia | Gen. Robert Toombs |
| LOUISIANA | ||
| Camp Beauregard | Alexander, LA. | Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard |
| Fort Polk | Louisiana | Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk |
| TEXAS | ||
| Fort Hood | Kileen, Texas | Gen. John Bell Hood |
| VIRGINIA | ||
| Fort A. P. Hill | Virginia | Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell "A.P." Hill |
| Fort Lee | Petersburg, Virginia | Gen. Robert E. Lee |
| Fort Pickett | Blackstone, Virginia | Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett |
| Camp Stuart | Newport News, Virginia | Gen. J.E.B. Stuart |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||
| Fort Bragg | North Carolina | Gen. Braxton Bragg |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | ||
| Fort Jackson | South Carolina | *You can travel on Magruder Avenue (Major General John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder), Hampton Parkway (Lieutenant General Wade Hampton), Benning Road (Brigadier General Henry Lewis Benning) , and Lee Road (Gen. Robert E. Lee) |
There were tanks in WW2 named for Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Stuart.
Counties in Texas Named After Confederates
| Ector | Mathew D. Ector, Confederate General |
| Foard | Major Robert L. Foard |
| Gray | Peter W. Gray, Houston District, Confederate House of Representatives |
| Tom Green | Tom Green, Brigadier General |
| Gregg | John B. Gregg, Brigadier General |
| Hemphill | John Hemphill, Representative of Texas in the Congress of the Confederate States of America until his death |
| Hood | John Bell Hood, Lt. Gen. |
| Jeff Davis | Jefferson Davis, President CSA |
| Johnson | Middleton T. Johnson, Colonel |
| Lee | Robert E. Lee, General CSA |
| Lubbock | Thomas Saltus Lubbock, Terry's Texas Rangers |
| Ochiltree | William Beck Ochiltree, Colonel, 18th Texas Infantry |
| Oldham | Williamson Simpson Oldham, Pioneer Texas
Lawyer and Confederate Senator |
| Randall | Horace Randall, Brigadier General |
| Reeves | George R. Reeves, Colonel |
| Scurry | William R. Scurry, General |
| Starr | Dr. James Harper Starr, Confederate agent for the postal service west of the Mississippi River |
| Stevens | Alexander H. Stevens, Vice President, CSA |
| Stonewall | Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, Lieutenant General |
| Sutton | John S. Sutton, Colonel |
| Terrell | Alexander Watkins Terrell, Brigadier General, "Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment" |
| Terry | Benjamin Franklin Terry, Terry's Texas Rangers |
| Upton | John C. and William E. Upton, Confederate Generals |
| Val Verde | Named to commemorate a battle which involved Texas Confederate Forces (the Sibley Expedition) who fought at Val Verde, near Fort Craig, New Mexico, on February 19, 1862 |
| Winkler | Clinton M. Winkler, Colonel |
| Young | Overton C. Young, Colonel, Twelfth Texas Infantry, CSA |
Cities in Texas Named After Confederates
Benavides: Plácido Benavides, Confederate Army
Granbury: Hiram Granbury, Terry's Texas Rangers
Kyle: Fergus Kyle, Terry's Texas Rangers
Lubbock: Thomas Saltus Lubbock, Terry's Texas Rangers
For a full listing of counties in Texas and who/what they are named for click here: http://www.texasbob.com/txt_county.html