Black luminaries among potential new names for military bases

African Americans from Virginia honored for their Civil War service to the Union are among 87 potential new names for nine federal military posts that now honor Confederates, including three in Virginia -- Fort Lee, Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Pickett. A federal commission recently said that it has reduced 34,000 submissions to 87 potential names.

Among them are Virginia-born William Carney, the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, Powhatan Beaty (left), who received a similar honor for service at Chaffin’s Farm, and surgeon Alexander T. Augusta. -- Article