It is also the battle where his trusted lieutenant, ‘Stonewall’ Jackson, fell mortally wounded. Lee’s most significant victory, highlighting his military expertise. The battle of Chancellorsville is largely considered Confederate General Robert E. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro released a statement that Chancellorsville’s renaming is deliberate to “remove the focus on the parts of our history that don’t align with the tenets of this country, and instead allows us to highlight the events and people who may have been overlooked.” But Chancellorsville is not named for a Confederate leader, so why the change? Most cruisers in the US Navy have historically been named after battles, and there are also currently USS Shiloh, USS Antietam, USS Vicksburg and USS Gettysburg in the navy’s order of battle (USS Port Royal was decommissioned in 2022). Having a cruiser named to honor a Civil War engagement is not unusual. Named after the 1863 battle of Chancellorsville, the cruiser was first commissioned in 1989. USS Chancellorsville, photographed in 1989.
On February 27, 2023, the US Navy announced that it was renaming one of its guided missile cruisers, USS Chancellorsville (CG 62). Hill for example), less known are warships that have previously or currently bear Confederate-related names. While many are familiar with the army bases named after Confederate leaders (Forts Bragg, Polk, and A.P. In recent years, the US government ordered all service branches to investigate and collate listings of all installations named honoring Confederate leaders, symbols, or events.
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