Henry Lewis Benning (April 2, 1814 – July 10, 1875) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.At the request of the Columbus Rotary Club circa 1918, Fort Benning was named in his honor, and remained such until 2023, when it was redesignated Fort Moore after Harold Gregory Moore Jr., who was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the Vietnam War.. In March 2025, the Secretary of Defense ordered that the name be reverted back to "Fort Benning." However, now the name purports to pay tribute to Corporal Fred G. Benning of Neligh, Nebraska, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism in combat during World War I with the U.S. Army in France , and later served as mayor of his home town. Corporal Benning is not related to Confederate General Benning