Horace Lawson Hunley

Horace Lawson Hunley
Hunley, c. 1860
Born(1823-12-29)December 29, 1823
Sumner County, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedOctober 15, 1863(1863-10-15) (aged 39)
Charleston, South Carolina, C.S.
Buried
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Alma materUniversity of Louisiana

Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823 – October 15, 1863) was a Confederate marine 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.