AdvertisementA Navy ship named for a Confederate victory now honors a Black Union hero05:03Download AudioResumeApril 12, 2023Quil LawrencefacebookEmailThe USS Chancellorsville has been renamed the USS Robert Smalls, to honor the enslaved man who stole a Confederate battleship in the Civil War and delivered to the Union forces, loaded with weapons. The USS Robert Smalls is shown here off the Japanese island of Iwo To, on its way to honor the fallen service members of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima. (Navy Media Content Services)