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Why Wisconsin state Sen. Dale Kooyenga proposes the name of Fort Bragg to be changed to Fort Bragg


Resolution Urges Renaming Base for Edward S. Bragg, Wisconsin Hero
MADISON, Wis. – A resolution circulated in the Wisconsin State Senate today by Sen. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) urges a federal commission to rename Fort Bragg, a U.S. military base in North Carolina to Fort Bragg.
Fort Bragg is currently named after a Confederate general, Braxton Bragg. Instead, the resolution proposes changing the man the base honors to his cousin, Union General Edward Stuyvesant Bragg of Wisconsin. While they shared a surname, the two couldn’t have been more different.
U.S. General Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, a resident of Wisconsin, volunteered for the Union Army at the outset of the Civil War. With no previous military service, Bragg impressively reached the rank of brigadier general by 1864. He took command of the Iron Brigade, the unit famed for its valiant sacrifices in several famous bloody attacks of the Civil War. Upon retirement from the Army, Bragg continued his career ....

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Wisconsin state senator proposes renaming Fort Bragg after Confederate general's Union cousin - U.S.


By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer | Published: May 20, 2021
(Tribune News Service) A Wisconsin state senator is proposing renaming Fort Bragg  to Fort Bragg, after a cousin of the Confederate general.
In December, Congress approved the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision from a bill filed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren seeking to remove Confederate names from installations within three years.
Fort Bragg is one of those nationwide installations and is named after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, who historians say was a slave owner who fought with subordinates and lost battles.
The National Defense Authorization Act states that a renaming commission will research costs of changing the names of the installations, while also seeking the input of stakeholders and communities near the installations. ....

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