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Descendants Gather for Hunley Crew Funeral
Relatives of Hunley crew members attend a funeral for the third crew to die aboard the submarine, which was raised and conserved near Charleston. Facial reconstructions and biographies were released, with honorees buried beside earlier crew in a shaded plot as family members reflect on newfound ancestry and Civil War history.
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H.L. Hunley
Magnolia
Charleston
Yrtle Beach
Housatonic
South Carolina
Charleston Naval Base
Elizabeth McMahon
Atlanta
Wicks
James Wicks
Ditman