Historical Marker

Old Simkins Cemetery

Historical marker location:
286 Center Spring Road, Edgefield, South Carolina
( Marker is on Center Spring Road.)
Marker installed: 1969

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.