Fort Lee will revert to its original name after being briefly named Fort Gregg-Adams. The new Fort Lee will be named after Private Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.

Fort Lee will revert to its original name after being briefly named Fort Gregg-Adams. The new Fort Lee will be named after Private Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.

Just like with Fort Lee, the new names will not honor Confederate heroes. Fort Pickett will be named for 1st Lt. Vernon W. Pickett, a Distinguished Service Cross recipient during World War II.

Davidson was a 20-year Army veteran who arrived at Fort Lee in 2012. In November of 2013, he was assigned as a senior noncommissioned officer in a 23rd Quartermaster Brigade training company.

Three years ago today, Fort Lee Army Capt. Leonard J. Egland, 37, committed one of the worst multiple slayings in Chesterfield in a decade. Police said he fatally shot his estranged wife, Carrie P ...

However, since Fort Barfoot is under the direction of the Virginia National Guard, the Prince George County post will be the first U.S. Army installation to be redesignated.

For example, Fitz Lee was born in Dinwiddie County in central Virginia, while Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, part of Virginia’s Northern Neck and more than 100 miles from Dinwiddie.

There are several signs along the three interstates and other highways that go in and out of the Tri-City area, and the Virginia Department of Transportation already has begun the transition. For ...

For example, Fitz Lee was born in Dinwiddie County in central Virginia, while Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, part of Virginia’s Northern Neck and more than 100 miles from Dinwiddie.

Fort A.P. Hill, based in Caroline County, Virginia, was renamed Fort Walker in August 2023. The base had been named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, who served under Gens.