Camp Bragg (Arkansas)

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] The camp served as Arkansas's Confederate headquarters from October 1863 until January 1864, when it was replaced by Camp Sumter.[4]

Camp Bragg
Near Camden, Arkansas
Site history
Built	October 21, 1863
Built by	Confederate States Army
In use	October 21, 1863–January 29, 1864
Events	American Civil War
Garrison information
Past commanders	Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes
Garrison	Headquarters, District of Arkansas
Occupants	Price's Division

History

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

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

• 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. Volume 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.