Junior History Press
In Magnolia Cemetery
Graves of H.L. Hunley and his crew.
Inscription on Monument
Horace L. Hunley was a Captain in the Confederate army who was largely
responsible for building the submarine named for him. He actually put up
most of the money to build the ship. He was born in 1825 in Sumner County,
Tennessee. He moved to New Orleans as a child and later became a wealthy
business man. His business career involved sugar cane planting, a law practice
in New Orleans and being a deputy customs collector for the port of New Orleans.
He died in the submarine that bore his name during an accident in a practice
dive in Charleston harbor on October 15, 1863. The entire crew died with
Hunley. They are buried on Kings Circle in Magnolia
Cemetery.
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