Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland, and Hoke Counties, North Carolina, U.S., near Fayetteville. It is also a census-designated place and as of 2000, had a population of 29,183. The fort is named for Confederate Army General Braxton Bragg.
Camp Bragg was established on September 4, 1918, as an artillery training ground. It was named for a native North Carolinian, Gen. Braxton Bragg, who fought in the Civil War. In...
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Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland, and Hoke Counties, North Carolina, U.S., near Fayetteville. It is also a census-designated place and as of 2000, had a population of 29,183. The fort is named for Confederate Army General Braxton Bragg.
Camp Bragg was established on September 4, 1918, as an artillery training ground. It was named for a native North Carolinian, Gen. Braxton Bragg, who fought in the Civil War. In early 1921, two field artillery units, the 13th and 17th Field Artillery Brigades, began training at Camp Bragg.
Camp Bragg was renamed Fort Bragg, to signify becoming a permanent Army post, on September 30, 1922. The Field Artillery Board was transferred to Fort Bragg on February 1, 1922. From 1923 to 1924, permanent structures were constructed on Fort Bragg, including four brick barracks, which still stand.
By 1940, the population of Fort Bragg had reached 5,400; However, in the following year, that number ballooned to 67,000. Various...
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