Tyler Satterley, Hunter Satterley, and Jackson Fitcher

H. L. Hunley

Website

Group Project

Junior Division

Word Count: 437

Tyler Satterley, Hunter Satterley, Jackson Fitcher

Ms. Shirley/ Mr. Macheski

Social Studies Honors

23 November, 2016

Process Paper

The H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship,

which was the U.S.S. Housatonic. The three of us chose this topic because we have

been to the conservation center, the building in Charleston that contains the H.L.

Hunley, before and we all agreed it would be an interesting topic to find more about. We

thought this topic would have many newspaper articles, websites, pictures, etc., since it

is a major event in the history of South Carolina.

We conducted our research by going to the campus of Coastal Carolina and

getting some information from Roger Stroup, a historian who was the former director of

South Carolina Department of Archives and History assigned to our topic by the

workshop at early college. We then used this research to lay out our design for the

website, and what we would add to each tab. Next we established interviews with Glenn

McConnell and Mike Scafuri, Glenn the former governor of South Carolina and Mike an

underwater archaeologist who currently works on the Hunley, in which both had a big

part in the recovery and conservation of the Hunley.

The three of us chose a website because we thought it was something that has

come about because of advancements in technology and something the judges dont

see as often as an exhibit or documentary. Making a website causes students to put

much needed perseverance into a project that cannot be put together in just a week or

so. Although it would take much time and effort, we knew we could do it and impress

the judges with a presentation type that can be created in so many different ways.

Our project, the H. L. Hunley, is related to the NHD theme because during the

Civil War, Confederate soldiers put the Hunley into action as a weapon to break the

Union Blockade. The Confederates took a stand in history by deploying the Hunley into

action in the Charleston harbor against the Union Blockade on the night of February 17,

1864. The Hunleys crew took a stand as well by risking their lives to support their

beliefs of the South during a crucial war during that time period of history. The H.L.

Hunley took a stand by being the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, this

therefore makes for a major event in the history of South Carolina.