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Horace Lawson Hunley

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died during early tests when she was accidentally swamped by the wake of a passing ship through her open hatches; four managed to escape. Another crew was recruited by Hunley who promised Beauregard a timely attempt. This crew included experienced crew members from earlier experiments. On October 15,
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of southern ports the Confederate government offered bounties of up to $ 50,000 to anyone who sank a Union warship. In the summer of 1861, the Reverend Franklin Smith advocated southern businessmen pursue submarine warfare, in writings to Southern newspapers. At this time Hunley joined engineer James
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Upon recovery of the submarine and associated artifacts, it was discovered that the spar torpedo exploded while still attached to the spar. The system was designed to have the submarine ram the torpedo barb into the hull, back off to a safe distance, then activate the ignition via a long-length of
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1863, Hunley took his turn at command during a routine exercise. The vessel again sank, and this time all eight crew members were killed, including Hunley himself. The vessel was later raised and used again in 1864 in the first successful sinking of an enemy vessel (
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rope. The submarine was never intended to be that close to the explosion and probably suffered significant structural damage, which contributed to her loss.
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and attempted an attack on the Union blockade of Mobile. However, the submarine foundered in foul weather and sank in the mouth of
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Hunley organized and arranged funding for a third submarine. The third boat was one-third financed by Horace, one-third by
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and was admitted to the bar in 1849. He served in the Louisiana State Legislature and practiced law in New Orleans.
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when New Orleans fell to Union forces in early 1862.(It was later raised and sold to be scrapped in 1868)
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herself, which sank a third time, and for the second time losing all hands.
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Duncan, Ruth H. (1966). "The Captain and Submarine CSS H. L. Hunley".
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drawn by Ensign David M. Stauffer of the Mississippi Squadron, 1865
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Hunley, with McClintock and Watson, followed by building the
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to Louisa Harden Lawson and John Hunley. After relocating to
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Burials at Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)
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in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 8, 1863.
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Sumner County, Tennessee
Charleston, South Carolina
Magnolia Cemetery
Confederate States of America
American Civil War
Alma mater
University of Louisiana
Confederate
marine engineer
American Civil War
submarines
H. L. Hunley
Sumner County, Tennessee
New Orleans
University of Louisiana
Union blockade
Pioneer (submarine)
scuttled
trials
Lake Pontchartrain
American Diver
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
E. C. Singer
Confederate Secret Service
Isaac Singer
P.G.T. Beauregard
USS Housatonic
full military honors

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