This Civil War Submarine Vanished for 136 Years

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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: http://www.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: http://caitlindoughty.com/books Face Your Mortality Course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Podcast: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ WAYS TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT Donate and become a member: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Advocacy Wear Store: https://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 https://www.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 "https://www.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)"https://numa.net/expeditions/hunley-c-s-s/ "Crewmen of Recovered Confederate Sub Are Honored at Burial" https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/national/crewmen-of-recovered-confederate-sub-are-honored-at-burial.html "Putting a Face on Storied Subs Crew" https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/04/17/putting-a-face-on-storied-subs-crew/516a24dd-e157-49fa-a601-2d1dc7571daa/