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"CSS H.L. Hunley on the Pier"Learn more about the discovery and excavation of Civil War-era submarine "CSS H.L. Hunley" next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in McClung Museum auditorium.

Maria Jacobsen of Clemson University will lead the discussion on "Excavation of the Civil War Submarine H.L. Hunley-Reconstructing an 1864 Crime Site."

Jacobsen will be introduced by Tom Chaffin, research professor in UT Knoxville’s department of history and author of The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy.

Sales of the book and a book-signing by Chaffin will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.

For more info on the lecture call 974-8279 or e-mail avdm@utk.edu.