25 Years Since the Raising of the H.L. Hunley Submarine

25 years after the Hunley rose, the story resurfaces

It’s been a quarter-century since the H.L. Hunley - once buried beneath Charleston Harbor - was raised from the deep, revealing a silent time capsule of Civil War history and the eight men who perished aboard it.

S.C. remembers 25th anniversary of raising of the Hunley - Charleston City Paper

Twenty-five years ago today, crews raised the history-making Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley from waters off the coast of Charleston. The post S.C. remembers 25th anniversary of raising of the Hunley appeared first on Charleston City Paper.

25 years since the raising of the H.L. Hunley submarine

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Twenty-five years have passed since the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War-era submarine once thought to be lost at sea forever, was raised from the ocean floor just off the Charleston coast. The roughly 40-foot Confederate submarine made history when it became the world’s first successful combat submarine to sink an enemy ship when it struck the USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864. The ship was serving as a Union blockade in the…