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.
CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial. .
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.
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
Location. 35° 47.105′ N, 78° 37.64′ W. Marker is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Historic Oakwood. Marker 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.
More about this memorial. 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
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, February 6, 2013
4. Marker in Oakwood Cemetery
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 917 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 11, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
