Camp Bragg was a major

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encampment located in Ouachita (present-day

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, about southwest of Camden. It served as Headquarters of the District of Arkansas from October 1863 until January 1864, when it was replaced by Camp Sumter, Arkansas.

History

The evacuation of

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, the

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, 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

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, was "situated on a pine ridge with a steep hollow on one side, and a swamp on the other."

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