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In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine

by Rachel Lance

On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor. Within a matter of hours, the Union ship’s stern was blown open in a spray of wood planks. The explosion sank the ship, killing many of its crew. And the submarine, the first ever to be successful in combat, disap

Publisher

Dutton

Publication date

Apr 07, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

368

ISBN

9781524744151