Historical Marker

Tullyton

Historical marker location:
Fountain Inn, South Carolina
( Marker is on Hickory Tavern Road south of County Road 301, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1993

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.