Historical Marker

First Methodist Church

Historical marker location:
Conway, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Main Street (Business U.S. 701), on the left when traveling west on 5th Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1985

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.
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