Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard

Historical marker location:

Bishopville, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of West Cedar Lane and North Main Street (State Routes 34,341) (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north on West Cedar Lane.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.