NORTH CHARLESTON — Capt. George E. Dixon was determined to sink the USS Housatonic, located at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and help break the Union blockade. On the night of Feb 17, 1864, he ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – It has been 157 years since the H.L. Hunley submarine sank off the coast of Charleston. The nearly 40-foot Confederate submarine, named after inventor Horace Lawson ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Newly conserved artifacts from the H.L. Hunley will be on display in a new ‘Tools and Tides’ exhibit launching this weekend. The exhibit will feature never-before-seen ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Feb. 17 marks the 161st anniversary of when the H.L. Hunley made history by becoming the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy warship during battle. It was on ...
CLEMSON, S.C. (WCIV) — Clemson researchers are continuing to look for reasons why theConfederate H.L. Hunley submarine sank back in 1864. In a release on Wednesday, researchers said the Hunley's air ...
CHARLESTON — On Aug. 8, 2000, hundreds of spectators packed Charleston Harbor, lining the docks and floating in boats and kayaks, to witness a historic event. A series of cranes hoisted the fragile ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- The H.L. Hunley submarine made history as the first successful combat submarine after sinking the U.S.S. Housatonic in 1864. Shortly after, the Hunley and it’s 8-man crew ...
For more than a century, the CSS Hunley rested at the bottom of the ocean just outside Charleston harbor, its crew entombed, its hull gradually encased in hardening encrustations. When it was raised ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - 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 ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Despite some delays, the delicate job of righting the H.L. Hunley is nearing completion. Work on the vessel began Wednesday and is expected to be completed Friday. The job ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - There is a new theory on what killed the crew of the confederate submarine H.L. Hunley in the Smithsonian Magazine. On February 17, 1864, the H.L. Hunley sank from an ...