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Camp Bragg
Near Woodlawn, Arkansas
Site history
BuiltOctober 21, 1863 (161 years ago) (1863-10-21)
Built by Confederate States Army
In useOctober 21, 1863 (1863-10-21) – January 29, 1864 (1864-01-29)
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes
GarrisonHeadquarters, District of Arkansas
OccupantsPrice's Division

Camp Bragg was a major Confederate encampment located in Ouachita (present-day Nevada) County, Arkansas,[1][2] about 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Camden.[3] It served as Headquarters of the District of Arkansas from October 1863 until January 1864, when it was replaced by Camp Sumter, Arkansas.[4]

History

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The evacuation of Little Rock, the state capital, by the Confederate District of Arkansas in the fall of 1863 dictated the need for a new headquarters location. Camp Bragg, presumably named for General Braxton Bragg, was "situated on a pine ridge with a steep hollow on one side, and a swamp on the other."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Roberts 1986, pp. 52–53.
  2. ^ Brockman 2011, p. 36.
  3. ^ Banasik 1999, pp. 114.
  4. ^ Banasik 1999, pp. 114–115, 136–137.
  5. ^ Banasik 1999, p. 115.

Sources

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  • Banasik, Michael E., ed. (1999). Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell of the Eighth Missouri Infantry (Confederate). Unwritten Chapters of the Civil War West of the River. Vol. III. Iowa City, Iowa: Camp Pope Bookshop. ISBN 0-9628936-9-2. LCCN 99-70729. OCLC 42815700. OL 56184M.
  • Brockman, Henry (2011). Traveled Through a Fine Country: The Journal of Captain Henry Brockman, Company K, 10th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Transcribed by April Goff, John Tarbell. Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas History Commission. ISBN 978-0-9835579-06. OCLC 747253044.
  • Roberts, Robert B. (1986). "Camp Bragg". Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 0-02-926880-X. LCCN 86-28494. OL 2734205M.