The Confederate transport ship that Smalls commandeered was named..?
CSS Planter
USS Union
CSS Virginia
HMS Bounty
Answer
The CSS Planter was a Confederate transport ship that was commanded by Robert Smalls in 1862. Smalls was a former slave who had worked on the ship before the Civil War. On May 13, 1862, Smalls and a group of other slaves took control of the ship and sailed it to the Union blockade. The ship was then used by the Union Navy to transport supplies and troops.
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