New Bridge

Historical marker location:

River Edge, New Jersey

( Marker can be reached from Main Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1937

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.