Historical Marker
The Appleby Devoe Memorial Library
Historical marker location:
166 Main Street, East Brunswick, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (County Route 615) and Rutgers Road, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.)
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.