During the American Civil War; James McClintock, Baxter Watson and Horace Lawson Hunley designed and built a submarine to attack Union boats. The sub had an eight-man crew; one to steer the ship and seven to turn the propeller. And – warning! – it doesn’t turn out well. This is the story of the H.T. Hunley!

Show notes and links:

• Aliens draining solar energy? NASA captures images of monster UFOs circling around the sun : Science/Health : Headlines & Global News (hngn.com)
• Anaconda Plan – Civil War Academy (civilwaracademy.com)
• H. L. Hunley (submarine) – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• Submarine – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• Baxter Watson « The USS Flier Project (ussflierproject.com)
• American Diver – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• AMERICAN DIVER submarine « The USS Flier Project (ussflierproject.com)
• Friends of the Hunley (hunley.org)
• Captain’s “Lucky Coin” Found in Civil War Submarine (nationalgeographic.com)

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