J. Marion Sims

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Gervais Street and Assembly Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1929

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.