Housatonic
Americannoun
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The Civil War also made a little naval history when the Confederacy's Hunley became the first submarine to sink an opposing warship when it attacked the USS Housatonic in 1864.
From Salon • May 14, 2022
The birders have reached Milford Point, a barrier beach at the mouth of the Housatonic River.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2021
Deziel said in a statement that the agreement protects human health and the environment and “ensures that the Housatonic River and its floodplain are restored and preserved as an asset to the community and wildlife.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2020
Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., signed an agreement in July inviting students at Gateway and Housatonic community colleges to take three classes for free, get a Quinnipiac ID while doing so and join campus activities.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019
On the clear, cold, moonlit night of February 17, 1864, John Crosby, the officer of the deck aboard the Union’s mightiest sloop of war, the USS Housatonic, stood gazing across the waters of Charleston Harbor.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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