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Mary Hunley married Gen. E.W. Martin, of Alabama. Annie Hunley married Alfred Agee, Esq., of Alabama. Descendants of Dr. C.L. Hunter and Sophia G. Forney, were: 1. Capt. George William Hunter, mortally wounded in the battle at Chancellorsville, Va. Sophia F. Hunter married John H. Sharp, Esq., of Norfolk, Va.
The C. S. S. Hunley was a real submarine, and went down readily, but on five occasions it failed to emerge properly, and drowned in these experiments about 35 men. In August, 1864, running on the surface, it sank by torpedo the U. S. Corvette Housatonic off Charleston, but went down in the suction of the larger vessel, carrying to death its last heroic crew.
It is supposed that the Hunley was drawn down in the suction of the sinking war-ship; she could not arise from the vortex, and that was the last of her and of her brave crew. The North was tremendously excited over the incident and the South elated, but no other ship was attacked from beneath the water in the course of the war.
John Meek, of Alabama. Susan Forney married Bartlett Shipp, Esq., of Lincoln county. Lavinia Forney married John Fulenwider, of Lincoln county. Nancy Forney married Dr. William Johnston, of Lincoln county. Caroline Forney married Ransom G. Hunley, of South Carolina. Sophia G. Forney married Dr. C.L. Hunter, of Lincoln county. J. Monroe Forney married Sarah Fulenwider, of Cleaveland county.
In all thirty-three men were sacrificed before it was finally decided that the boat could make her way out to the blockading line. It was on the night of February 17, 1864, that the Hunley set out on her last journey.
Fannie Fulenwider, married James Gore, of Alabama. Louisa Fulenwider married Robert Loyd, of Alabama. For descendants of Dr. William Johnston and Nancy Forney see "Genealogy of Colonel James Johnston." Descendants of Ransom G. Hunley and Carolina Forney, were: 1. Richard R. Hunley married Martha S. Johnston, of Lincoln county. Col. Peter F. Hunley married Margaret Johnston, of Lincoln county.
British and American Destroyers Operating Hand in Hand Arrival of Naval Collier "Jupiter" Successful Trip of Transports Bearing United States Soldiers Convoyed by Naval Vessels Attack on Transports Warded Off by Destroyers Secretary Baker Thanks Secretary Daniels Visit to our Destroyer Base Attitude of Officers Toward Men Genesis of the Submarine The Confederate Submarine "Hunley"
The Hunley was about forty feet long, six in diameter, and shaped like a cigar. Its motive power came from seven men turning cranks attached to the propeller-shaft. When working their hardest these men could drive the boat at a speed of about four miles an hour. Several attempts to use the Hunley were unsuccessful, each time it sank, drowning its crew of from eight to ten men.
Joseph W. Calloway, of Rutherford county. Jane C. Johnston died at school in Greensboro, Guilford county. Martha S. Johnston married Richard R. Hunley, Esq., of Alabama. Capt. James F. Johnston, citizen of Charlotte. Susan L. Johnston, citizen of Charlotte. Margaret Johnston married Col. Peter F. Hunley, of Alabama. Gen. Robert D. Johnson married Johncie Evans, of Greensboro, N.C. Dr.
The first submarine within the memory of men living to-day, the first practical, albeit crude, undersea boat, was the H. L. Hunley, built at Mobile, Ala., under the auspices of the Confederate Navy and brought from that port to Charleston on flat cars for the purpose of trying to break the blockade of that port by Federal war-ships.
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