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Horace Lawson Hunley
Hunley, c. 1860
Born(1823-12-29)December 29, 1823
Sumner County, Tennessee
DiedOctober 15, 1863(1863-10-15) (aged 39)
Charleston, South Carolina
Buried
Magnolia Cemetery
AllegianceHorace Lawson Hunley Confederate States of America
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Alma materUniversity of Louisiana

Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823 – October 15, 1863) was a Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War. He developed early hand-powered submarines, the most famous of which was posthumously named for him, H. L. Hunley.

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