Historical Marker
Washington Elm
Historical marker location:
101 Barrack St, Trenton, New Jersey
( Marker can be reached from Barrack Street north of West Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1932
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.