Mount Olive Baptist Church

Historical marker location:

Georgetown, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Duke Street and Wood Street, on the right when traveling east on Duke Street.)

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.