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R48894 Confederate Names and Military Installations: Fact Sheet 2026-04-03T04:00:00Z 2026-04-07T12:38:12Z Active Reports Travis A. Ferrell, Hannah Fischer   Prior to 2023, there were 10 major military installations named after Confederate Civil War commanders, all of which were located in the former states of the Confederacy. Nine of the bases were active-component Army installations and one was a state Army National Guard camp. Drawing on the authority of the Naming Commission, established by Section 370(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (P.L. 116-283), the Department of Defense (DOD) renamed the nine active-component Army installations in 2023. DOD is “using a secondary Department of War designation,” and the Secretary of Defense is using “Office of the Secretary of War” as a “secondary” designation, under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025. In 2025, the U.S. Army announced that, in accordance with Section 1749(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (P.L. 116-92), “Prohibition on Names Related to the Confederacy,” the same nine active-component Army installations would be renamed again. The second round of base renaming changed the nine Army bases back to their original names; however, this time, non-Confederate veterans who shared the same surnames as the original base names were honored in the renaming. State officials in Louisiana renamed the state National Guard camp in 2023 and, in 2025, renamed it again, following the lead of the federal government and the U.S. Army. In spring and summer 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued press releases and gave speeches referring to the second round of name changes to the nine U.S. Army bases. During the 119th Congress, Members of Congress have expressed various views on the renamings and some have introduced legislation, including amendments, on this issue. https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R48894/R48894.2.pdf https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R48894.html

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