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American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
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American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
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H. L. Hunley
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Incident during the American Civil War
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USS Housatonic (1861)
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
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