CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- The H.L. Hunley submarine made history as the first successful combat submarine after sinking the U.S.S. Housatonic in 1864. Shortly after, the Hunley and it’s 8-man crew ...

My favorite part about South Carolina history is the H.L. Hunley. It was used as a secret weapon in the Civil War. When there was a blockade in Charleston, the people who lived in Charleston built a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Twenty-five years have passed since the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War-era submarine once thought to be lost at sea forever, was raised from the ocean floor just off the Charleston ...

John Dangerfield used his retirement money to build a replica of the H.L. Hunley. Using about $28,000 and a year of his time, Dangerfield built a replica of the first submarine to sink a ship in ...