Jailer Gill attends burial of HL Hunley Crew

April 21, 2004

 


 
Civil War artist Mort Kunstler and Jailer Cliff Gill at Kunstler's painting of the submarine HL Hunley. The submarine was the first to sink an enemy ship on February 17th, 1864 during the blockade of The Charleston South Carolina Harbor. The submarine was recovered in August 2000 and its 8 member crew buried April 17th, 2004. 		 
General George Armstrong Custer at cemetery for the burial of the HL Hunley Crew
 
General Custer and some of the mourners at the cemetery for the funeral of the crew of the HL Hunley. 		 
One of the eight horsedrawn caissons that transported the HL Hunley crew to the burial site.