Historical Marker
The Big Apple
Historical marker location:
1000 Hampton Street, Columbia, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Hampton Street and Park Street, on the right when traveling east on Hampton Street.)
Marker installed: 1987
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.