John Henry Wisdom

Historical marker location:

3301 Alford Bend Road, Hokes Bluff, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Alford Bend Road and Gilliland Street, on the right when traveling north on Alford Bend Road.)

Marker installed: 1961

(The Paul Revere Of The Confederacy).

The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat, was built in Mobile, Alabama in 1863.