The H. L. Hunley, under the command of the Confederate Navy, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. This 1863 painting by Conrad Wise Chapman depicts the vessel in drydock in Charleston, South Carolina.
The H. L. Hunley, under the command of the Confederate Navy, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. This 1863 painting by Conrad Wise Chapman depicts the vessel in drydock in Charleston, South Carolina.