The H.L. Hunley : the secret hope of the Confederacy / Tom Chaffin
Object Details
- Author
- Chaffin, Tom
- Subject
- H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
- Confederate States of America Navy History
- Summary
- An account of the legendary submarine and its legacy reconstructs the events of its successful 1864 attack on the USS Housatonic and subsequent sinking, the sub's recovery in 1995 after numerous attempts, and the myths attributed to its final hours.
- 2008
- 19th century
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Type
- Books
- Physical description
- xxv, 324 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm
- Place
- United States
- South Carolina
- Charleston
- Charleston (S.C.)
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Submarines (Ships)--History
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- History
- Naval operations
- Submarine
- Antiquities
- Record ID
- siris_sil_922498
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
