For the last crew of the now legendary Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley,
the end of the American Civil War came on the night of February 17th, 1864
just outside Charleston Harbor. The violent percussion of 135-pounds of
black powder stealthily delivered by the tiny, hand cranked iron sub reduced
the U.S. Navy's 207-foot blockade vessel
Housatonic to sunken wreckage, killing five of her crew and sending the
rest into the rigging to escape the chilling waters washing over her decks.
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NEWSLETTER 53
DECEMBER 2004
Sunken Military Craft act - 2005 National Defense Authorization Act
Fifty Thousand Dollars down…on the Hunley
Friends of the Hunley, Inc., subject to Freedom of Information Act.
Fluids could help
preserve
H.L.
Hunley.
ACW-era sub found on Panama's Pacific coast
Civil War-Era Sub
Linked with Earliest Deaths
from the “Bends”
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submersible
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PECULIAR HISTORY UNFOLDS
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NEWSLETTER 52 September - November 2004
INDEX
Exhibit teaches about Hunley history
“Half the final crew members aboard the Hunley were not
American-born “
QUESTION ABOUT CREWMAN JAMES WICKS
"De Villeroi lists his occupation as “natural genius.”
Hunt begins for Civil
War sub -
NEWS ABOUT THE USS ALLIGATOR,
North vs. South, Submarine against Submarine
COMMERCIAL DIVING SCHOOL TO OPEN IN CHARLESTON
MODEL NEWS AND DISCUSSION
Continued
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DNA TEST SOLVES ONE MYSTERY - SEVEN MORE TO GO
First officer Ridgaway was an old salt at 30
SELECTED EMAIL AND GUESTBOOK COMMENTS
Group wants state
to look at Hunley project
Students build submarine
replica
Teen Suspended
Over Civil War Weapon
Spence seeks to name McConnell as third party defendant in federal case
NEWSLETTER
#51 AUGUST ISSUE
AFTER
THE FINAL BURIAL OF THE LAST HUNLEY CREW
MYSTERY OF THE GRAVE MARKERS
Discussions with the CSS H L Hunley
Club
THE HUNLEY TO SAIL AGAIN????
How did the crew see the situation?
A
death protocol?
the real purpose of the Hunley
8) MODEL NEWS AND DISCUSSION
NEW DISCOVERIES INSIDE THE
CONFEDERATE STATES SUBMARINE H L HUNLEY
DOES THE H L HUNLEY NEED TO GO
TO MYRTLE BEACH?
SELECTED EMAIL AND GUESTBOOK
COMMENTS
NEWSLETTER
#50 MARCH ISSUE
PLUFF MUD SENT TO MOBILE in a casket?
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Frequently Asked Questions About the Hunley crew funeral
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WHERE TO PUT THE HUNLEY?
,"VIRTUAL
HUNLEY"
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EMAIL,
FROM
THE GUEST BOOK, HELP
ON THE "PIONEER PROJECT" ,
"FINAL
DEPARTURE" Another view of the last mission of
the Hunley,
True Southerner,
a
short list of Hunley questions .
NEWSLETTER
#49 FEBRUARY 17, 2004 140 YEARS AFTER
THE SINKING OF THE HUNLEY
One Hundred Forty Years ago
Frequently
Asked Questions - About the Hunley crew funeral
Hunley news - in Case You
missed - it HUNLEY MAY HAVE A NEW HOME
"the 'wickedest' thing of the
War"
EMAIL
FOLLOW UP
ON "THE GREAT ADVENTURE"
HELP ON THE "PIONEER PROJECT"
FOLLY BEACH EROSION
ALLIGATOR UPDATES
LAST CHANCE TO CATCH "RAISING BLUE" |
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NEWSLETTER #48 RAISING BLUE IS IN
TOWN-AND THEY ARE READY TO PERFORM - FOLLOW UP ON THE COOK-CHAPMAN
DISCUSSION - SPAR THEORIES - COOK PHOTO FOLLOW-UP -
'Final Mission' Artwork To Be Displayed - Mike (The Torpedo Man) Kochan
on the Discovery Channel - DIXON'S MIDDLE NAME - A CLUE FROM THE
1963 MOVIE - ANSWERS TO TOUGH QUESTIONS: - HUNLEY TO LIVE IN
A BLACK CUBE
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NEWSLETTER #47 Charleston photographer George
S. Cook - Blueprints' Discovery Sparks Search For Historic
Sub - NORTH CHARLESTON TO GET THE HUNLEY MUSEUM
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NEWSLETTER #46 FINAL ARTIFACTS FOUND ON
THE HUNLEY - Appeal court to rehear case of Confederate Flag
Stickers - REGARDING LAST ISSUE ARTICLE ABOUT LANTERNS. |
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NEWSLETTER #45 - HUNLEY'S SIGNAL LAMP - RESEARCH -
"Artifacts we expected vs. those that were found"
- Comments from CSS H L HUNLEY
CLUB -
Eight Grade School Project- On
the Hunley (A Trick or a Treat)
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Hunley
funeral will be solemn, celebratory event > |
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NEWSLETTER #44
- HUNLEY'S BALLAST TANK REVEALS MYSTERY CASK - COMMENTS FROM
CSS HUNLEY CLUB ABOUT CASK - 4)
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS
- "RAISING BLUE" - HELP NEEDED ON BUILDING OF THE
"PIONEER" REPLICA - INFORMATION ABOUT HUNLEY REPLICA
AT THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM |
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NEWSLETTER#43 IN MEMORY OF STEVEN J. BURT -
"RAISING BLUE" AUDITIONS HELD - "STILL LOOKING FOR QUEENIE"
Plan to allow Hunley crew to lie in state
stirs controversy - The Hunley crew will not ‘lie in state ‘in the
Columbia Statehouse - FOLLOW UP ON THE AMERICAN FLAG ISSUE -
Author's sub suit not covered
- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: THE FINAL DIG |
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NEWSLETTER #42
IN MEMORY OF STEVEN J. BURT -
"RAISING BLUE" FUNDRAISER DELAYED - PLANS FOR ANOTHER SECRET SUBMARINE
INTERCEPTED BY THE YANKEES. - WAS IT THE TRITON SUBMARINES?? -
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - FOLLOW UP ON THE AMERICAN FLAG ISSUE. -
UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT GUIDE FOR MILITARY RE-ENACTORS> |
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NEWSLETTER #41 RAISING BLUE IS COMING TO TOWN-THE UPDATED
VERSION - "catch Raising Blue fever" - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT -THE
UN-CIVIL WAR OVER A CIVIL MATTER- PLANS FOR ANOTHER SECRET
SUBMARINE- INTERCEPTED BY THE YANKEES - HELP NEEDED ON
BUILDING OF THE "PIONEER" REPLICA - INFORMATION ABOUT HERITAGE
MOTORCYCLE RALLY April 2004 |
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NEWSLETTER #40-
WHO'S REALLY BEING BURIED AT THE LAST CONFEDERATE BURIAL -
Northern time differed from Southern time - COMMENTS FROM
THE CSS H L HUNLEY CLUB ABOUT THE WATCH - HELP NEEDED ON
BUILDING OF THE "PIONEER" REPLICA - INFORMATION ABOUT
HUNLEY REPLICA AT THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM |
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NEWSLETTER 35 -Sinking Poll Results and New facts and theories about
the torpedo |
"In real life, Dixon's fiancée
Queenie Bennett not only survived the war
but was often arrested afterwards for hauling down the Star and Stripes (Do
you know where) and running up the Confederate flag, and then brawling with
carpetbagger Union troops. "
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"Kentucky Colonel" Found on The Hunley
Commander Dixon will get a new
face
UPDATE ON FUNERAL-Re-internment
Crew Burial to be in 2003
BURIAL OF CREW DELAYED DUE TO TERRORIST
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Article of Torpedo Warfare in the Civil War
"One evening after alternating diving and rising many times,
Dixon...and several crew members compared watches, noted the time and sank
for the test...In twenty-five minutes...the candle would not burn...Each
man had determined that he would not be the first to say 'up!' Not a word
was said except the occasional 'How is it?' between Dixon and myself,
until the word 'up' came from all nine. We started the pumps...but I
realized that my pump was not throwing...I...took off the cap of the pump,
lifted the valve and drew out some seaweed that had choked it...We soon
had the boat to the surface...Fresh air!...We had been on the bottom for
two hours and thirty-five minutes..."
Lt. W.A. Alexander
LEAD ON COIN CONFIRMED
Dixon could have
died
WAS IT THE ANCHOR? -
STILL LOOKING FOR PIECES. (Article)
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