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As part of the reconciliation process after the war Southerners were allowed to treat the former Confederates with respect and to commemorate them. That helped bring about national unity, and they went on to serve disproportionately in later American wars. Now a cultural purge is taking place to eliminate one of the bases of that unity.

Despite the statement by the Marine general, an Army spokesman says, "We have no plans to rename any street or installation, including those named for Confederate generals." So far, probably waiting for the next riots. Then once they're finished purging the Confederates, the former slaveholders like Washington and Jefferson are next in line.

Here's a Wikipedia list of Army installations currently named for Confederates (note them while you can -- they are an endangered species):

Camp Beauregard near Pineville, Louisiana, named for Louisiana native and Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia, named after Henry L. Benning, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War

Fort Bragg in North Carolina, named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg

Fort Gordon near Grovetown, Georgia, named in honor of John Brown Gordon, who was a major general in the Confederate army, a Georgia governor, a U.S. senator, and a businessman

Fort A.P. Hill near Bowling Green, Virginia, named for Virginia native and Confederate Lieutenant General A. P. Hill

Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, named after Confederate General John Bell Hood who is best known for commanding the Texas Brigade during the American Civil War

Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia, named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Fort Pickett near Blackstone, Virginia, named for the United States Army officer and Confederate General George Pickett

Fort Polk near Leesville, Louisiana, named in honor of the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, the first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, and a distinguished Confederate General in the American Civil War

Fort Rucker in Dale County, Alabama, named for a Confederate General Edmund Rucker