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Re: United States forts named after Confederates?

Bill,

I always thought Fort Stewart, GA was named after A.P. Stewart, but here's what I found:

The effort to locate the antiaircraft training facility to the Savannah area was led by U.S. congressman Hugh Peterson of Ailey. In the spring of 1940 he introduced a bill that led to the creation of the facility. The new installation was named Camp Stewart, after General Daniel Stewart, a Revolutionary war hero from Liberty County.

Jim Martin

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