The H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy ship during wartime. In 1864, the Hunley, commanded by Lieutenant George Dixon, torpedoed and sank the USS Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. However, the Hunley also sank afterwards, killing Dixon and his crew. Their remains were recovered in 2000 and the Hunley has since been conserved at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center. Visitors can now learn about the Hunley and its historic mission at the nearby Charleston Museum, which features a life-sized model of the submarine.

1. The H.L Hunley rev
VIDEO AUDIO
1 PAN HISTORIC MAP ALONG DIXON VO: Much of Charleston’s history
COOPER RIVER TO THE
ATLANTIC. HISTORIC NAUTICAL
is in her waters. Along the rivers … in the
CHARTS
2 WAVES WASHING UP ON THE coves … and at sea. And I, Lt. George
BATTERY
Dixon, made history here as the
3 commander of the H.L. Hunley, the first
PRINT OF THE HUNLEY AT THE
DOCK (FOH STORE)
submarine to sink an enemy ship in war.
On a moonlit winter’s night in 1864, we
4 ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM THE EXHIBIT AT
sent the USS Housatonic to the bottom.
CHARLESTON MUSEUM OR FROM
FOH ARCHIVES
SFX: DETONATION.
5 BLUE LIGHT FROM SIGNAL LAMP
We signaled the shore. I saw water rushing
in through the hatch.
6 COIN REPLICA. SHOW DETAILS:
My thoughts turned to my beloved, who
THE DENT AND INSCRIPTION
bestowed on me my lucky gold piece. It
stopped the bullet meant to end my life in
7 ARTWORK OF SHILOH
the Battle of Shiloh two years earlier.

2. VIDEO AUDIO
8 ANIMATION OF THE RECOVERY VO: My crew and I were lost until the
Hunley was recovered in 2000 and returned
to Charleston.
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SCENES OF CONSERVATION Our history will come alive for you when
ACTIVITY, BOTH EXTERIOR AND
INTERIOR you view the Hunley as it’s restored at the
Warren Lasch Conservation Center north of
10 RECONSTRUCTED HEADS OF town. Weekends only. Meet me and my
GEORGE DIXON AND ANOTHER
crew, and learn of our fate that cold night.
11 EXTERIOR CHARLESTON
MUSEUM. INTERIOR SHOWING You can begin your discovery of the
PART OF HUNLEY EXHIBIT
Hunley by crossing the street to the
12 KIDS LOOKING AT THE
MODEL AT THE CHARLESTON
Charleston Museum.
MUSEUM
13 VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE MODEL
There, see a life-sized model.
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TITLE: FOREVER
CHARLESTON VO: Where history lives.