Trivia 2-22-16 The Rock

[Trivia Master]

What U.S. Army fort was named for a Georgia lawyer and C.S.A brigadier general whom Lee Called "Rock"?

Credit: @War Horse

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

Camp Benning- later Fort Benning- was named in honor of Confederate brigadier general Henry L. Benning. Benning, who fought with General Robert E. Lee, earned the nickname "Old Rock" because of his coolness in battle.

 

[MRB1863]

Brig. Gen. Henry Lewis Benning.

 

[nextcity]

Henry Benning

 

[ErnieMac]

Fort Benning named for Confederate BG Henry Lewis Benning.

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Fort Benning

 

[1stMN]

Ft. Benning, GA--named after Henry L. Benning.

 

[Stony]

Fort Benning was named after Henry Lewis Benning.
source-http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/henry-l-benning-1814-1875

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Camp Benning, which 4 years later became Fort Benning was named after General Henry L. Benning, CSA whom Lee referred to as "Old Rock."

 

[FarawayFriend]

Boah, @War Horse , that was a tricky question !!!

I had already answered that I knew it from the top of my head and it must be Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, named after George Henry Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga" ... when I noticed ... George Henry Thomas was a Union general and born in Virginia ...

So I had to rely on Google once more ...
And here comes the correct answer:

That is Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia, named after Henry L. Benning, nicknamed "Old Rock"
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Benning&oldid=697852281

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_L._Benning&oldid=704994643

 

[Brenal]

Fort Benning named after BG Henry L Benning

 

[kholland]

Henry Lewis Benning

 

[adisciu9]

Ft. Benning

 

[CadmusWilcox]

Henry Benning, of Georgia.

 

[SD_CivilWarTvlr]

Fort Benning

 

[TinCan]

Fort Benning, Georgia, named for Brigadier General Henry Lewis Benning, C.S.A.

 

[redbob]

Fort Benning

 

[theoldman]

Fort Benning, GA

 

[donna]

Lt. General John Brown Gordon. He was born in Georgia and did study law and practiced for a time.

During Civil War he was much liked by General Lee.

Fort Gordon in Georgia is named after him. Fort Gordon is the home of Army's Signal Corp and Signal Center.

Edit - Gordon did pass the bar exam in Georgia, but I can't find any source indicating that Lee ever referred to him as "Rock."

Hoosier

 

[sarladaise]

Fort Benning, named after Henry L. Benning