Horace Lawson Hunley

Horace Lawson Hunley

Horace Lawson Hunley (June 20, 1823, Sumner County, Tennessee – October 15, 1863, Charleston, South Carolina), was a Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War. He developed early hand-powered submarines, the most famous of which was named for him, "H. L. Hunley".

Though he was born in Tennessee, Hunley's parents (including mother Louisa Harden Lawson and father John Hunley) relocated to New Orleans. Hunley served in the Louisiana State Legislature and practiced law in New Orleans. In 1861, after the start of the American Civil War, Hunley joined James R. McClintock and Baxter Watson in building the submarine "Pioneer". In order to prevent her capture, she had to be scuttled when New Orleans fell to Union forces in early 1862.

After an unsuccessful attempt at building another submarine with McClintock and Watson, which ended in the vessel's sinking in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Hunley funded by himself a third submarine named in his honor.

Five men from the first crew of "H. L. Hunley" died during early tests when she was accidentally swamped by the wake of a passing ship through her open hatches; four managed to escape. A second crew was recruited in Charleston.

On October 15, 1863, though he was not part of the crew, Hunley decided to take command during a routine exercise. The vessel again sank, and this time all eight crew members were killed, including Hunley himself.

Horace L. Hunley was buried with full military honors at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina on November 8, 1863.

External links

* [http://www.hunley.org/ Friends of "Hunley"]


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