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Raising the Hunley : the remarkable history and recovery of the lost Confederate submarine /

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Based on research by the scientists who unsealed the Hunley, an account of the Confederate submarine relates its disappearance on February 17, 1864, after a confrontation with a Union battleship, and its miraculous recovery from Charleston Harbor in 2000.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hicks, Brian, 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: Kropf, Schuyler
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
Submarines (Ships) > United States > History > 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations > Submarine.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations > Submarine.
Charleston Harbor (S.C.) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > South Carolina > Charleston Harbor.
Underwater archaeology > South Carolina > Charleston Harbor.
Sous-marins > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Caroline du Sud > Charleston, Baie de.
Archéologie sous-marine > Caroline du Sud > Charleston, Baie de.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Military operations, Naval > Submarine.
Submarines (Ships)
Underwater archaeology.
South Carolina > Charleston.
South Carolina > Charleston Harbor.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Online Access:Sample text
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Pioneers
  • Melancholy occurrences
  • Under a Carolina moon
  • Eternal patrol
  • Myths of Dixieland
  • "This could be it"
  • Veni, Vidi, Vici, Dude
  • War between the states
  • Boneyard
  • Raise the Hunley!
  • Goldfinger
  • Want of air.