NORTH CHARLESTON — Researchers say they may have the final clues needed to solve the mystery of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which never resurfaced after it became the first sub in history ...

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 ...

The Hunley was less than 20 feet away from her torpedo when it exploded, according to new evidence uncovered by experts working to preserve the world’s first successful combat submarine. This is one ...

Researchers say they’ve resolved the 150-year mystery of what happened to crewmembers on the famous Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley, the first ever to sink an enemy warship during combat. Their ...

During the Civil War, the Confederacy fielded the first submarine used to successfully sink another vessel with an explosive 'torpedo.' It turns out that the same success that put the H.L. Hunley in ...

On February 17, 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley attacked and sank USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, killing five Union sailors. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, ...

Thousands of men in Confederate gray and Union blue, alongside women in black hoop skirts and veils, escorted the crew of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an ...

SULLIVANS ISLAND - Re-enactors and veterans of the submarine service are commemorating the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley and its attack on a Union blockade ship. Thursday marks the 147th ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Confederate Civil War vessel H.L. Hunley, the world's first successful combat submarine when it sank a Union ship in 1864, was unveiled in full and ...

The spar has long been on display to the public in a case at Clemson University’s Warren Lasch Conservation Lab where the Hunley is being conserved. With other priorities on the sub itself, it wasn’t ...