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] The evacuation of Little Rock, the state capital, 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 Braxton Bragg, was "situated on a pine ridge with a steep hollow on one side, and a swamp on the other.

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