Naming of bases after Confederate generals was to get local buy-in to large bases needed during military expansion

Washington Post:

President Trump said on Twitter he was against a growing effort to rename Army installations bearing names of Confederate commanders, two days after Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper signaled he was open to the idea.

“These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom,” Trump said, adding that the administration “will not even consider” renaming them.

Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Monday that they were open to “bipartisan discussion” of the issue, which was first reported by Politico.

Defense officials declined to comment on plans for the installation names after Trump’s remarks.

The GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment for the Pentagon to strip the names from the installations within three years, CNN reported Thursday.
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Aside from Robert E. Lee most of the generals the bases are named after were not distinguished military men.  Some were inept.  Surprisingly, none were named after Stonewall Jackson who was probably one of the best generals on either side of the war between the states.  He was one of the few who comprehended how technology had changed the nature of battle.

There are probably more heroic figures whose names would lend pride to the names of the bases.  World War II produced several brilliant generals who led the country to victory.

But will the continuing civil war being waged against the Confederacy also require the removal of all the heroes buried at the Arlington Cemetery which is on the land that made up part of Robert E. Lee's plantation?