Historical Marker

87th Inf Division

Historical marker location:
Columbia, South Carolina
( Marker is on Jackson Boulevard near Forest Drive, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1972

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.