Historical Marker
Leanza Cornett
Historical marker location:
19 N Michigan Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey
( Marker is on North Michigan Avenue just north of Atlantic Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)
Jacksonville, FL. Miss America 1993.
The first recorded instance of a submarine attack on a ship occurred off the coast of New Jersey during the American Civil War. On February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley attacked and sank the Union ship USS Housatonic near Charleston, South Carolina, while on its way from New Jersey.