I have been obsessed with civil war history since I was 9. When I was 13 the only thing I asked for for Christmas was for my family to donate money to the Hunley conservation project. This has been such a fascinating part of history to me that I desperately wanted to be part of keeping it around, but I had no money myself.

I've always wanted to check out the Hunley thank you Jacob!

Amazing that it even still exists

Congrats on your son getting married!!! Also, I love war history thanks for your hard work

Jacob, I've been watching your videos for the past couple months. Really glad I stumbled across your channel. Thank you for the great clean videos.

Here I am randomly looking up information on the HL Hunley and of course Carpetbagger has been there. You are a legend Jacob.👍🙌

That coin in the leg story was insane!!

Those sailors must have had strong bladders.

Not a bad tour narration. I was part of the burial details and drilled/trained the honor guard from Mobile that escorted Lt Dixon's casket to the gravesite. The coin was carried in Dixon's pocket at Shiloh and took the punch of the bullet, but didn't get lodged into his leg. After Shiloh he had it engraved, My life preserver...GED. He was still carrying it in his pocket when they sank the USS Housatonic and then floundered themselves. They signalled the shore station of their success, by lantern, but then never returned to the launch station.

I'm a civil war reenactor and got to participate in the 5 mile long funeral march in Charleston from Battery Park to Magnolia cemetery for Cpt Dixon and his crew. It was a great honor. Thank you for doing this video and P.S Cpt Dixon's coin was never lodged in his leg he just always kept it in his pocket for sentimental reasons because his wife gave it to him early in the war. He was shot in the upper thigh where the coin was and the coin prevented the bullet from penetrating his leg but he was seriously injured and walked with a limp after that. He always considered it to be his lucky coin after that. Show less REPLY

Reminds me of DogBoots (Das Boot). Just imagine navigating in that cold, dark, metal casket, w/it's inadequate ventilation, cramped quarters, constant fear of going Boom too soon. A claustrophobian nightmare! Funny u mentioned Verne: I just went down to my neighborhood library & what do I find on the free shelf? A hardcopy of "A Journey to the Center of the Earth!" Okay, it's a 90's Reader's Digest Ed, but still, it's mine now, & I've some interesting evening reading ahead.

Spent two tours on the Submarine Tender USS Dixon (AS-37)

Hope you enjoyed South Cackalacky ;) so cool to have you here

that submarine was insane..cool vid..have a great day

I've been so fascinated with the Hunley! I definitely want to see it someday

It must have smelled like roses inside that tin can. Great channel!

Fun little fact. The area where the Hunley is now used to be a U.S. Navy sub base.

The great thing about videos like both you and Adam put up is that, not are they always interesting, but I find myself looking up and researching the stuff even further just for my own extended edification.

Noticed a bucket in the simulator. Not sure I really want to think about what it was for... Thanks for yet another fascinating excursion!!

The coin was not lodged in Dixon's leg. It saved his life, so he kept it in his pocket as a good luck charm. The coin was actually a legend and no one knew if it was true, (or even existed) until it was found in his pocket when the remains were being excavated.

Morning Jacob! I just got home from vacationing at the Isle of Palms. I love Charleston and its history. You could stay there for ears and never see it all. You should go to the Charlestown Landing! That is a plethora of Southern history!

really liked this video

Well mystery wife isn't quite so mysterious anymore even though she appeared in a car ride years ago.

Well done, just wanna add the Union ship sunk was the USS Housatonic, named for the Housatonic Valley between Connecticut and Massachusetts. She was indeed a battleship for the time.

fascinating! Thanks, Jacob.

The gold coin was not lodged in Lt. Dixon's leg. It deflexed the mini-ball that struck Dixon and after this happened Dixon had the coin engraved stating it was his life preserver at the battle of Shiloh.

Sounds like them hand crank gears need some grease.

As I heard, the coin stopped a bullet, yes. But he had it engraved, and carried it in his pocket for luck. I believe the engraving indicated the event occurred at the Battle of Shiloh.

I just got back from visiting this. It was a childhood dream to visit, since I heard about it my whole life. It was incredible. I could go back several times.

Informative as heck. Thnqx

Jacob that was a truly amazing blog those guys were very brave and adventitious to get in that thing thanks for a great story.

Awesome video!! Thank you for sharing!!

Congratulations on your son's marriage Carpetbagger! 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

Been to Shiloh and to see this with Dixon....very poingent

So cool and interesting, I love learning about history...

Where did you get that "coin in the leg" nonsense. If it was in his leg, how did he have it engraved "Shiloh, 1862, My Life Preserver". It was in his pocket, a 20 dollar gold US coin given him for luck by his fiancé. I have a replica purchased thru "Friends of the Hunley".

Great video neighbor thank you so much for sharing with us

another great vlog...now I have another interesting documentary source, thanks much!

That was really interesting.

Watching replay thanks 😊

Ok you have of your facts correct on the Hunley. The Hunley has been something I have been interested in for 57 years. THe coin was a gift from Dixon's bride to be Queenie Bennett. It was a 20 dollar gold piece. Dixon was in the Battle of Shiloh. Dixon was shot in the.leg the bullet hit the coin before going in the flesh and his leg was injured. Dixon was sent to obile Mobile in Alabama to mend, he had the coin engraved, my life preserver April 6-7, 1862. There's more if you need it I am running out of space .

Thank you, very interested in the Hunley.

Hi Jacob i love your videos however after seeing your intro over and over i was wondering is there any particular significance to the items that you put in your suitcase, thank you once again for all these great videos

Nice video, Jacob. I wish you had included the cemetery where the men are buried.

Wow, great story. Wonder what they used for buoyancy. I guess that was a problem, given the sinkings.

great video

I don't think Dixon had the coin lodged in his leg. Im pretty sure he wrote the date the coin saved him him on it. Cool video btw

Really interesting story Jacob. Australia 😎

Good video :)

The gold coin was not lodged in his leg. it stopped the bullet, he had it engraved, and then carried it with him for good luck.

This was awesome. I followed the story of this sub years before she was rediscovered. Amazing storyline to say the least. Thanks for sharing something that I'd love to see first-hand but know I probably never will get to. Thumb's up video!~John

Coin was not in his leg, he considered it good luck so he carried it with him in his pocket.

The Hunley needs to come back home to Alabama

Thats crazy looking I would not want to be in it

i believe my favorite author, Clive cussler, led the expidition to raise the hunely, like his character dirk pitt does in his novels

my 15 yr old son wpuld be so jealous. he loves he hunley!

There was more water in the Hunley than there was in that snow globe

great video and history lesson. So did you ever see the movie?

I'm with mystery wife! Tell her hello and congratulations on your son!

Very Cool-I have wanted to see this, but after watching your video, I think I will wait until it is able to be displayed better-thanks!

looool. like a partypopper :-p

Coin was found in his pocket he had it inscribed with Shiloh on it.

I'm led to believe the way they stopped the Hunley sinking , was by placing the conning tower on it so that when the people got in and the weight would lower the Hunley in the water and the waves would spill in too , is this true , as you did not mention this ?

Wow!! I wonder if bones were found in the 90s.

Crew of 8 in a tiny tube under water. Yea they passed out hard from lack of air.

whoa...

Love confederate history

Excellent video! did I miss the part where you told us about how they breathed down there? , curious,,,,, good day to you.... Sass

what a horrible slow death, the men must have had. thank you for your vlog. interesting.

Rosebud 😀

Three crews. All drowned.

Another awesome video keep up the great work. Big thumbs up. Check out our latest upload.

need fishtank updates

What's up with the ship being in a tank of Draino on the weekend? What does it do to it?

I've been there

lmao. Hey lets take a peek inside. ::DUNK:: Oh look there are wheelchairs over there! um... ok. How hard did you hit that window?

Was there literally 2 days ago

Thanks for the history lesson. Too claustrophobic for me, though 😀

Dang it's early! I was just about to push public.

Pull back.

I wish your wife would be in more videos but I get it.

Wasn't that the mystery wife that gave you a kiss on camera on the video of your son's wedding?? If not WHO was you kissing??

What caused the Hunley to sink? Anyone know

I love united state..💟💟💟

Do your research. get your facts straight. The gold coin was not embedded in his leg After the Battle of Shiloh he had the coin engraved with the date of the battle and the words" my life preserver" and his initials GED. It was a found amongst his remains at his station in the Hunley.

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United States of America

Why would you take pride in being called a carpet bagger?