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Events to honor Hunley crew, lead up to April funeral

BY BRIAN HICKS
Of The Post and Courier Staff

In two months, the final crew of the H.L. Hunley will be laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in what some people are billing as "the last Confederate funeral."

Today, the 140th anniversary of the Hunley's last mission, is the unofficial kickoff to a series of events honoring the crew of the world's first attack submarine.

Re-enactors will mark the sub's departure from Breach Inlet on the north end of Sullivan's Island in ceremonies at dusk tonight. The Hunley left Breach Inlet shortly after 6 p.m. on Feb. 17, 1864, traveled four miles off the coast and sank the Housatonic, a Union blockade ship, before disappearing at sea.

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For more information about events the week of the Hunley crew burial, visit these two Web sites: www.Hunley.org and www.hunleyfuneral.org.

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