Philip Simmons

Historical marker location:

340 Concord Street, Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Calhoun Street east of Concord Street when traveling east.)

1912-2009 Master Blacksmith.

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.