Monday, April 19, 2004

Have added the following to the site:

The Hunley: A Confederate Submarine Torpedo Boat
with reports relating to other Civil War submersibles (index)


October 21, 1861
A Submarine Proposal (Confederate)

August 7, 1863
Whitney's submarine boat (Confederate)

August 15, 1863
Reward to sink the Ironsides (Confederate)

August 24, 1863
Submarine boat sent to Charleston (Confederate)

August 30, 1863
Submarine torpedo-boat sank (Confederate)

September 9, 1863
Raising the submarine torpedo boat (Confederate)

September 24, 1864
Estimate the value of the submarine torpedo-boat (Confederate)

October 5 - 6, 1863
Submarine observed in Charleston Harbor (Confederate)

October 15, 1863
Death of Capt. F. L. Hunley (Confederate)

October 18, 1863
submarine boat found in 9 fathoms of water (Confederate)

December 14, 1863
First Lieut. George E. Dixon ordered to sink and destroy any vessel of the enemy that he comes in contact with (Confederate)

February 18, 1864:
Report of Captain Rowan, U. S. Navy, transmitting report of Captain Green, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Canandaigua.
Report of Captain Green, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Canandaigua.
Report of Lieutenant Higginson, U. S. Navy, of the U. S. S. Canandaigua.

February 19, 1864
Report of Rear Admiral Dahlgren, U.S. Navy
Order of Rear Admiral Dahlgren, U. S. Navy

February 20, 1864
Report of Captain Green, U. S. Navy, regarding an examination of the wreck of the sunken vessel

February 27, 1864
Report of General G T Beauregard on the sinking of the Housatonic and the loss of the Hunley (Confederate)

January 26, 1865
Building a submarine torpedo boat in order to avoid military service