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A Navy ship named for a Confederate victory now honors a Black Union hero
The USS Chancellorsville is now called the USS Robert Smalls, the man who stole a Confederate steamer loaded with guns and delivered it to the Union Navy, delivering himself and 16 other crew and ...
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The Confederate flags explained: How SC incident casts light on history
This would colloquially be known as the "rebel flag." The Confederate Navy would also adopt a similar flag, but with a brighter blue. In 1863, the Confederacy would adopt the square battle ...
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Stripping Confederate Ties, the U.S. Navy Renames Two Vessels
The other, a Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship called the U.S.N.S. Maury, was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, a U.S. Navy commander who resigned in 1861 to join the Confederate Navy ...
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Naval Academy should change names of buildings and street named after Confederate sailors, federal task force says
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A federal task force formed to examine Confederate symbols on military installations ...
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INTERESTING REBEL DOCUMENTS.; HOW THE CONFEDERATES TRIED TO ORGANIZE A NAVY ON INLAND WATERS. SPIES FOR CINCINNATI.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...