Historic Oakwood in Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 6, 2013

1. CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial Marker

Inscription. On February 17th, 1864 the CSS H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. The sub was lost that night as well, when it sank just outside Charleston Harbour in SC. with all eight crew members perishing. Crew member James A. Wicks was from North Carolina. Whereas it played a small role in Civil War history it played a major role in American naval history. The Confederate States of America Submarine’s brave crew is listed below. Buried beneath this marker are partial sedimentary remains of those brave naval men taken from the sub when it was raised from the floor of the ocean on August 8th, 2000.

Lieutenant George E. Dixon, Commander
Arnold Becker
Corporal J. F. Carlsen
Frank Collins
C. Lumpkin
Miller
James A. Wicks
Joseph Ridgeway

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1850.

Location. 35° 47.105′ N, 78° 37.64′ W. Marker is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Historic Oakwood. It can be reached from Hickory Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located in the Confederacy Cemetery in Oakwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 806 Oakwood Ave, Raleigh NC 27601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and in the Research Triangle.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Confederate Soldiers Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Shotwell (within shouting distance of this marker); North Carolina Confederate POWs (within shouting distance of this marker); Gettysburg (within shouting distance of this marker); Unknown NC Soldier CSA (within shouting distance of this marker); Anderson (within shouting distance of this marker); William Ruffin Cox Monument (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.

More about this marker. The top of the marker features an engraving of two crewmen with the Hunley, based on an 1863 photograph by George C. Cook, and of crossed Confederate flags.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 6, 2013

2. CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 6, 2013

3. CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial Marker

Marker in Oakwood Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 6, 2013

4. Marker in Oakwood Cemetery

CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 6, 2013

5. CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,234 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 11, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.