Submarine Attacks Northern Ship
'The first example of submarine warfare took place today when a Confederate submarine attacked a Northern vessel. This afternoon
"The Hunley" launched an attack on several Northern ships near Charleston Harbor. With its guns not having much effect on the
sea-craft, the officer in charge of the submarine decided to ram the steel vessel into a ship. A tremendous explosion followed,
sending the Union ship to the bottom of the sea. The submarine was damaged because of the impact and it too went to a watery grave,
destrying a crew of nine. The inventor of the submarine, Horace Hunley, never lived to see his boat in combat. Hunley was killed on
a trial-run, when the submarine had not been perfected.'
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