Bascom S. Waugh, MD

Historical marker location:

507 Haddon Ave, Camden, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Haddon Avenue and South 9th Street, on the left when traveling south on Haddon Avenue.)

1909 - 1992.

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.