Hl hunley biography template
Hl hunley biography template
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Horace Lawson Hunley
American engineer (1823–1863)
Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823 – October 15, 1863) was a Confederatemarine 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.
Biography
Hunley was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, to Louisa Harden Lawson and John Hunley.
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After relocating to New Orleans, Hunley studied law at the University of Louisiana and was admitted to the bar in 1849. He served in the Louisiana State Legislature and practiced law in New Orleans.[1]
In response to the Union blockade of southern ports, the Confederate government offered bounties of up to $50,000 to anyone who sank a Union warship.
In the summer of 1861, the Reverend Franklin Smith advocated Southern businessmen pursue submarine warfare, in writings to Southern newspapers.[2] At this time Hunley joined engineer James R. McClintock and Baxter Watson in b