A Tragic Victory
The Hunley failed miserably from the beginning. The first time she was at sea she killed most other men and sank. It was a horrible end, and most of her crew were so swollen they had to be cut up. This incident did not discourage Hunley from giving her another chance, and after she was hauled up he and his namesake went off to sea with a brand new crew. This time the ship spared nobody, and sailors called her “…a murdering machine.” Nevertheless, her second and last captain George Dixon gave her one last chance to prove herself. And so she did, and with that one feat she disappeared -but she was never forgotten.
