Camp Bragg (Arkansas)

Camp Bragg
Near Woodlawn, Arkansas
Site history
BuiltOctober 21, 1863 (161 years ago) (1863-10-21)
Built by Confederate States Army
In useOctober 21, 1863 (1863-10-21) – January 29, 1864 (1864-01-29)
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes
GarrisonHeadquarters, District of Arkansas
OccupantsPrice's Division

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] It served as Headquarters of the District of Arkansas from October 1863 until January 1864, when it was replaced by Camp Sumter, Arkansas.[4]

  1. ^ Roberts 1986, pp. 52–53.
  2. ^ Brockman 2011, p. 36.
  3. ^ Banasik 1999, pp. 114.
  4. ^ Banasik 1999, pp. 114–115, 136–137.