CSS H.L. Hunley Submarine Memorial, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh

Inscription: ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 1864 THE CSS H.L. HUNLEY WAS THE FIRST SUBMARINE TO / SINK AN ENEMY SHIP IN COMBAT. THE SUB WAS LOST THAT NIGHT AS WELL, WHEN IT / SANK JUST OUTSIDE CHARLESTON HARBOR IN SC, WITH ALL EIGHT CREWMEMBERS / PERISHING. CREW MEMBER JAMES A. WICKS WAS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. WHEREAS / IT PLAYED A SMALL ROLE IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY IT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN / AMERICAN NAVAL HISTORY. THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA SUBMARINE’S / BRAVE CREW IS LISTED BELOW. BURIED BENEATH THIS MARKER ARE PARTIAL / SEDIMENTARY REMAINS OF THOSE BRAVE NAVAL MEN TAKEN FROM THE SUB WHEN / IT WAS RAISED FROM THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN ON August 8th, 2000. LIEUTENANT GEORGE E. DIXON, COMMANDER / ARNOLD BECKER / CORPORAL J.F. CARSON / FRANK COLLINS / C. LUMPKIN / MILLER / JAMES A. WICKS / JOSEPH RIDGEWAY