Historical Marker
Point Breeze
Historical marker location:
Bordentown, New Jersey
( Marker is on West Park Street, 0.1 miles west of Prince Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Estate of Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844). Delaware River Heritage Trail.
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.