The crew of the Confederate States Ship (CSS) HL Hunley:
- Lieutenant George E. Dixon (Commander) (of Alabama or Ohio)
- Frank Collins (of Virginia)
- Joseph F. Ridgaway (of Maryland)
- James A. Wicks (North Carolina native living in Florida)
- Arnold Becker (of Germany)
- Corporal Johan Frederik Carlsen (of Denmark)
- C. Lumpkin (probably of the British Isles)
The CSS HL Hunley was a Confederate submarine that sank after destroying a US ship in 1864. The wreckage of the CSS HL Hunley was located in 1995 – but not recovered until 2000. All eight crew-men were found sat at their stations. These were the last Confederate soldiers to be laid to rest in the US. They were buried in 2004 in Charleston – with over ten thousand people attending – many carrying Confederate flags. The official US government stance was one of indifference and perhaps embarrassment (the US was busy illegally invading Iraq and Afghanistan – falsely blaming both countries for the September 11th World Trade Centre Attacks). One of the submarine crew – “C Lumpkin” – was British (images of what the crew looked like have been created), whilst two others (of the eight-man crew) were also non-American (“Corporal Johan Frederik Carlsen” was Danish – whilst “Arnold Becker” was Germany). In other words, three of the eight were foreign – and I know that people came from Ireland (which was then under British control) and from Mainland Britain to join the Confederate Cause.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 