Mallett Road

Historical marker location:

Manning, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Greeleyville Highway (U.S. 521) and Mallett Road (State Highway 14-384), on the right when traveling east on Greeleyville Highway.)

Marker installed: 1979

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.