Historical Marker
Hamburg
Historical marker location:
Hamburg, South Carolina
( Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1963
[Missing as of 4 July 2004].
The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat, was built in South Carolina. The Hunley sank the Union ship USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor in 1864, but the submarine itself was lost at sea shortly after the attack.