Historical Marker
Old St. Nicholas Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Sycamore, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Confederate Highway (State Highway 641) and Ulmer Road (State Highway 3-48), on the left when traveling west on Confederate Highway.)
Marker installed: 2001
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.