Historical Marker
De Brazza's Monkey
Historical marker location:
31 Whiting Ln, Middle Township, New Jersey
( Marker can be reached from County Park Road, 0.2 miles west of North Main Street (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling west.)
<i>Cercopithecus neglectus</i>.
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.