Seibels House

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is on Richland Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1991

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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.