Historical Marker
Ark Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Surfside Beach, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of 6th Avenue South and Juniper Drive, on the right when traveling south on 6th Avenue South.)
Marker installed: 2019
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.