Historical Marker

Civil War Union Burials

Historical marker location:
Florence, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from East National Cemetery Road (State Highway 13).)
Marker installed: 1998

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.