Earlier this month, Hegseth also renamed Fort Bragg – another base whose original Confederate-inspired name was restored – in that case to honor a distinguished World War II soldier named ...

Fort Moore received its name two years ago as part of a broad, bipartisan effort to rename landmarks and bases that honored Confederate soldiers. The push was led by a Department of Defense ...

As a Confederate soldier, he fought for the Southern pro-slavery states who wanted to break away from the Union. The conflict prompted Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 ...