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Story of Confederate submarine leads to Europe

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The story of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub to sink an enemy warship, is leading back to the Old World as researchers plan to spend weeks trying to discover the roots of four European crewmen.

Scientists also said Thursday they have recovered a second coin from the hand-cranked sub — a silver dime to go along with a $20 gold piece recovered in 2001.

With a mint date of 1841, the dime shows Lady Liberty seated in robes, surrounded by 13 stars. It was found with the remains of a European crewman known only as Lumpkin...

The Hunley and its eight-man crew sank the Union blockade ship Housatonic off Charleston on Feb. 17, 1864. The Hunley also sank in the battle. It was raised in 2000 and is now held in a conservation lab. The crewmen's remains were buried in 2004.
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