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The H. L. Hunley Submarine Replica To Be at Laurel Hill - Oct. 2-3-2010

The H. L. Hunley submarine replica from the Civil War time will be on display at the Annual Re-enactment at Laurel Hill, October 2-3, 2010. This will be a rare appearance and the public is invited to attend.

For More info, contact the J. E. B. Stuart Preservation Trust at 276-251-1833 or at this e-mail address: laurelhill@jebstuart.org "Courage, innovation, and fortitude is what powered the H.L. Hunley the night she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in world history. A successful submarine attack would not happen again until World War I - more than half a century later. Though the H.L. Hunley immediately became famous after the events of February 17, 1864, because of the lack of information released about this secret weapon, little was know about her actual design. Before the discovery of the H.L. Hunley off Charleston Harbour, most believed the H.L. Hunley submarine to have been a basic, even somewhat crude, design. With only limited historical documents, drawings, and paintings to research from, it was speculated that the H.L. Hunley was simply built from a cylindrical iron steam boiler, was designed to be hand powered, had ballast tanks at each end that could be flooded, and that iron weights were placed under the hull of the submarine and could be quickly removed from inside by the crew inside if they needed to rise in an emergency."