title: Camp Bragg (Arkansas)
text: # Camp Bragg (Arkansas)
  
  Camp Bragg was a major Confederate encampment located in Ouachita (present-day Nevada) County, Arkansas, about 23 miles (37 km) 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 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."
  
  