Secrets of a Civil War submarine : solving the mysteries of the H.L. Hunley / Sally M. Walker.
By: Walker, Sally M.
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BookPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, c2005Description: 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 28 cm.ISBN: 1575058308 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper).Subject(s): H.L. Hunley (Submarine) | Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Submarine | Charleston (S.C.) -- Antiquities | Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina -- Charleston | H.L. Hunley (Submarine) | Submarines (Ships) -- History | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations | Charleston (S.C.) -- Antiquities | Excavations (Archaeology) | H.L. Hunley (Submarine) | Submarines -- United States -- History | United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Naval operations | Charleston (S.C.) -- Antiquities | Excavations (Archeology) -- Charleston (S.C.)DDC classification: 973.7/57 Summary: Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index.
Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.
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