US military List of Confederate monuments and memorials

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1 military

1.1 bases
1.2 facilities
1.3 current ships
1.4 former ships





us military
bases

there 10 major u.s. military bases named in honor of confederate military leaders, in former confederate states. in 2015 pentagon declared not renaming these facilities, , declined make further comment in 2017.



fort lee, virginia (1917) named csa gen. robert e. lee
camp beauregard, louisiana (1917) named csa gen. pierre gustave toutant beauregard.
fort benning, alabama/georgia border (1917) named csa brig. gen. henry l. benning
fort gordon, georgia (1917) named csa maj. gen. john brown gordon
fort bragg, north carolina (1918) named csa gen. braxton bragg. largest military installation in world population.
fort polk, louisiana (1941) named csa gen. leonidas polk
fort a.p. hill, virginia (1941) named csa lt. gen. a. p. hill
fort pickett, virginia (1942) named csa gen. george pickett
fort rucker, alabama (1942) named csa gen. edmund rucker
fort hood, texas (1942) named csa gen. john bell hood.
camp breckinridge, near morganfield, kentucky (closed) named john c. breckinridge, u.s. vice president , confederate general. prisoner of war camp during world war ii; used army basic training during korean war. houses earle c. clements job corps center.

facilities

lee barracks, named csa gen. robert e. lee (1962), @ u.s. military academy @ west point, new york.
lee barracks (de) (mainz, germany), closed in 1992
u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland:

buchanan house, naval academy superintendent s home, named csa naval officer franklin buchanan. road near house memorialized in buchanan s name.
maury hall, home academy s division of weapons , systems engineering, named naval officer in charge of depot of charts , instruments @ washington , later csa naval officer matthew fontaine maury.



current ships

usns maury (t-ags-66) (2013)

former ships


uss buchanan: 3 u.s. navy destroyers have been named in honor of highest ranked confederate admiral franklin buchanan

uss buchanan (dd-131) 1919–1940 transferred uk navy
uss buchanan (dd-484) 1941–1949 transferred turkey s navy
uss buchanan (ddg-14) 1960–1991 sank target in 2000


uss maury – 5 former ships have carried maury name dating wwi , wwii.
uss robert e lee (ssbn-601) (ballistic missile submarine) in honor of gen. robert e. lee.
uss semmes – 2 destroyers have been named raphael semmes.

uss semmes (dd-189) 1920–1946
uss semmes (ddg-18) 1962–1991


uss stonewall jackson (ssbn-634) 1964–1995.
uss tom green county (lst-1159) 1953–1972 transferred spain. namesake texas county named csa brig gen thomas green
three ships named confederate leaders fell union hands during civil war. union navy retained names of these ships while turning guns against confederacy:

uss general bragg (1851), named confederate states navy in honor of gen. braxton bragg. captured june 1862 , operated union uss general bragg
beauregard privateer letters of marque issued confederacy, named in honor of gen. p. g. t. beauregard. captured prize , purchased on feb. 24, 1862 union navy operated uss beauregard.
uss general price (1862) confederate ship sunk in battle, raised , used union until sold in 1865.
liberty ship #113, named joseph e. johnston navy.
liberty ship #5, named alexander h. stephens
liberty ship #8, named jefferson davis






^ cite error: named reference :8 invoked never defined (see page).
^ sims, cliff (2015-06-30). pentagon won t rename alabama s ft. rucker, named after confederate officer . yellowhammer news. yellowhammer multimedia. retrieved 2017-08-26. 
^ bergengruen, vera (2017-08-16). ten major army bases honor confederate generals, , there no plans change . mcclatchy dc bureau. retrieved september 3, 2017. 
^ camp beauregard, near alexandria louisiana in world war ii . alexandria-louisiana.com. retrieved june 17, 2014. 
^ world s biggest military bases . army technology. september 4, 2013. retrieved august 17, 2017. 
^ malanowski, jamie (june 14, 2013). why fort hood needs new name . dallas morning news. retrieved august 17, 2017. 
^ carola, chris (august 17, 2017). 2 ny lawmakers: strip robert e. lee s name west point . washington post. retrieved august 28, 2017. 
^ witte, brian (august 23, 2017). confederate names @ naval academy face rough seas . fox news. retrieved october 5, 2017. 
^ diana fontaine maury-corbin life of matthew fontaine maury usn & csn life of matthew fontaine maury, u.s.n. , c.s.n.
^ troopships of world war ii: liberty ships . www.skylighters.org. 






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