Qualla: H. L. Hunley https://qualla.com/h-l-hunley en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: H. L. Hunley https://qualla.com/h-l-hunley H. L. Hunley: Introduction https://qualla.com/h-l-hunley/ The gold coin was bent almost in half. Minted in 1860, the twenty-dollar piece bore a hand-engraved inscription on its sanded-smooth reverse: "Shiloh April 6, 1862, My life Preserver G. E. D." When researchers found it in 2002, still resting near the remains of Lieutenant George E. Dixon inside the recovered hull of the H. L. Hunley, they confirmed a family legend that had persisted for 140 years. Dixon's sweetheart had given him the coin for luck. At the Battle of Shiloh, a bullet struck it in his pocket, saving his leg and possibly his life. He carried it as a charm from that day forward -- into the cramped iron tube of a hand-cranked submarine, out through the dark waters of Charleston Harbor, and into the explosion that killed him and his entire crew on the night of February 17, 1864.

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/z/6/h-l-hunley-wp/djz6-h-l-hunley-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full H. L. Hunley: The Fish Boat https://qualla.com/h-l-hunley/ The Hunley was the third submarine financed by her namesake, Horace Lawson Hunley, and designed by shipbuilder James McClintock. Their first effort, the Pioneer, was scuttled in New Orleans ahead of advancing Union forces. Their second, the American Diver, was lost in Mobile Bay....

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/z/6/h-l-hunley-wp/djz6-h-l-hunley-the-fish-boat.mp3 0:06 2 full H. L. Hunley: Twenty-One Men Lost https://qualla.com/h-l-hunley/ The Hunley killed her own crews before she ever engaged the enemy. On August 29, 1863, Lieutenant John A. Payne accidentally stepped on the diving plane lever while the submarine was running on the surface with a hatch open. Five men drowned; Payne and two others escaped. The Con...

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