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Magnolia Cemetery has many famous graves.  One site in particular was moving to me.  These are the graves of the men that perished on the submarine, H.L. Hunley.  The Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America and played a part in the American Civil War.

It was a submarine of approximately 40 feet long and was the first submarine to sink a warship.  Launched in 1863, the Hunley lost 21 crewmen in three different sinkings of the boat before its last attack in Charleston's harbor in 1864, where it became lost.

In 2000, it was recovered along with the men that were the last crew.  On April 17, 2004, the remains of the crew were laid to rest here.  Tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony.  All of the Hunley crew were laid to rest here with full military honors.