major@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Mike Schmitt) (06/07/89)
From: ssc-vax!shuksan!major@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Mike Schmitt) > From: scameron@blake.acs.washington.edu (Scott Cameron) > Other than the M3 Stuart and Ft. Bragg, what has the US military named after > Confederates? > [mod.note: Well, let's put those danged rebels back in their place 8-) Since you asked: Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia LTG Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA Fort Benning, Georgia BG Henry L. Benning, CSA Fort Bragg, North Carolina GEN Braxton Bragg, CSA Fort Gordon, Georgia LTG John Brown Gordon, CSA Fort Hood, Texas GEN John Bell Hood, CSA Fort Lee, Virginia GEN Robert E. Lee, CSA Fort Pickett, Virginia MG George Edward Pickett, CSA Fort Rucker, Alabama COL Edward W. Rucker, CSA major
welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty) (06/08/89)
From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
In article <7202@cbnews.ATT.COM>, Mike Schmitt writes:
* Fort Lee, Virginia
* GEN Robert E. Lee, CSA
of course, one is sorely tempted to tell a joke about Ft. Lee,
New Jersey, but we all know perfectly well that the northern Ft. Lee
was named after Robert E. Lee's father, who served in the Continental
Army.
richard
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