All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Recovering the Hunley in 1863
OCTOBER 18, 1863:
The sunken submarine H.L. Hunley was found in nine fathoms of water by a diver in Charleston Harbor.
Efforts were begun at once to recover the it, deemed vital to the defenses of Charleston.
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