To continue:

All of this history was in our minds as we piloted the Zodiac from Sullivan's Island along the channel and over to Fort Sumpter. My wife who was facing the stern told us to turn around. A nuclear submarine was overtaking us. Here was a direct descendant of the Hunley - the newest sailing right over the oldest. What would those crews of the Hunley have thought of this sleek black hull running sumbmerged almost to the sail. The crew of this submarine was probably returning from a 90 day patrol, almost surely entirely submerged. The Hunley made voyaged of five or six miles and had on a number of occasions stayed submerged, at great physical cost, for several hours before returning.

I think though that at that moment we all shared a feeling of great sadness as we realized that we were surrounded by sites connected with such bravery but that that wonderful quality had to be brought out by war.