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The Housatonic sunk by the CSS Hunley submarine...
The Housatonic sunk by the CSS Hunley submarine...
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February 29, 1864
DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 29, 1864
* H. L. Hunley becomes the 1st successful submarine to have a torpedo attack on a warship in history
Among the front page reports on the Civil War in this Confederate newspaper are: "Fighting IN Northern Georgia" "Attack on Whitmarsh Island' "Cumberland Gap" "Longstreet's Movement--Capture of Yankee" "The 'Bragg Saloon' " "The War in the West--From Our Army in Tennessee & Mississippi--Severe Fighting Along the Lines..." "The War IN Florida--The Enemy Still Retreating" and even more.
Perhaps the most interesting front page report is: "From Charleston--A Yankee Vessel Sunk by One of Our Torpedoes" noting in part: "...They state that the vessel sunk off the harbour & reported list in the gale was the steam sloop-of-war Housatonic, carrying 12 guns and 300 men, and that she was blown up by our torpedo boat. The whole stern was blown off. Five men were lost, all the others were saved. The trooped boat was commanded by Lieut. Dixon, of Mobile...".
The "torpedo boat" was the CSS Hunley, a submarine of the Confederate Navy that played a small part in the war. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship--the Housatonic--although Hunley was not completely submerged and, following her successful attack, was lost along with her crew before she could return to base. The Confederacy lost 21 crewmen in three sinkings of Hunley during her short career.
Great to have this report not only on the front page but in a Confederate newspaper.
A single sheet issue in great condition.
Category: The Civil War
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