As part of our retirement-age plans to take occasional go-at-our-own-pace trips to historical sites, the Missus and I are planning on visiting Charleston, South Carolina, soon to tour the Hunley exhibit. The discovery of the long-lost Civil War submarine in 1995 and its subsequent raising in 2000 captured the attention of history buffs and marine explorers worldwide.

I decided to re-read a book about the Hunley’s history. “Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine” was written by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf, two Charleston journalists.