Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A Civil War submarine powered by hand cranks and lit by candlelight. What could possibly go wrong? Meet the HL Hunley.
Support the production of these videos through our Patreon: patreon.com/thegooddeath
Thank you to Nick DeLong from Clemson University and Kellen Butler from Friends of the Hunley at Warren Lasch Conservation Center.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Writer & Host: Caitlin Doughty
Writer & Researcher: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier
Producer: Sarah Chavez
Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair)
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SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING
Chaffin, Tom.The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
Hill and Wang, 2010.
Hicks, Brian. Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
Spry Publishing LLC, 2015.
Hicks, Brian, and Kropf, Schuyler. Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate SubmarinePresidio Press, 2003
Lance, Rachel. In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine. Dutton, 2020
The Friends of the Hunley hunley.org
"H. L. Hunley: Recovery Operations "https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/recovery-report.html
"H.L. Hunley Site Assessment "nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/maritime/hunley.pdf
"Humanitarian Exhumation at the Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium" https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=sciaa_staffpub
"HUNLEY (C.S.S)"numa.net/expeditions/hunley-c-s-s
"Crewmen of Recovered Confederate Sub Are Honored at Burial" nytimes.com/2004/04/18/national/crewmen-of-recovered-confederate-sub-are-honored-at-burial.html
"Putting a Face on Storied Subs Crew" washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/04/17/putting-a-face-on-storied-subs-crew/516a24dd-e157-49fa-a601-2d1dc7571daa
A Civil War submarine powered by hand cranks and lit by candlelight. What could possibly go wrong? Meet the HL Hunley.
Support the production of these videos through our Patreon: patreon.com/thegooddeath
Thank you to Nick DeLong from Clemson University and Kellen Butler from Friends of the Hunley at Warren Lasch Conservation Center.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Writer & Host: Caitlin Doughty
Writer & Researcher: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier
Producer: Sarah Chavez
Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair)
MORE CAITLIN DOUGHTY
Read My Books: caitlindoughty.com/books
Face Your Mortality Course: mortalcourse.com
Podcast: apple.co/2yK6c6G
Spotify: spoti.fi/2QZEVEM
Instagram: instagram.com/ordergooddeath
WAYS TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT
Donate and become a member: orderofthegooddeath.com/donate
Advocacy Wear Store: the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com
SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING
Chaffin, Tom.The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
Hill and Wang, 2010.
Hicks, Brian. Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
Spry Publishing LLC, 2015.
Hicks, Brian, and Kropf, Schuyler. Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate SubmarinePresidio Press, 2003
Lance, Rachel. In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine. Dutton, 2020
The Friends of the Hunley hunley.org
"H. L. Hunley: Recovery Operations "https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/recovery-report.html
"H.L. Hunley Site Assessment "nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/maritime/hunley.pdf
"Humanitarian Exhumation at the Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium" https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=sciaa_staffpub
"HUNLEY (C.S.S)"numa.net/expeditions/hunley-c-s-s
"Crewmen of Recovered Confederate Sub Are Honored at Burial" nytimes.com/2004/04/18/national/crewmen-of-recovered-confederate-sub-are-honored-at-burial.html
"Putting a Face on Storied Subs Crew" washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/04/17/putting-a-face-on-storied-subs-crew/516a24dd-e157-49fa-a601-2d1dc7571daa
