Based on research by the scientists who unsealed the Hunley, an account of the Confederate submarine relates its disappearance on February 17, 1864, after a confrontation with a Union battleship, and its miraculous recovery from Charleston Harbor in 2000.

Pioneers -- Melancholy occurrences -- Under a Carolina moon -- Eternal patrol -- Myths of Dixieland -- "This could be it" -- Veni, Vidi, Vici, Dude -- War between the states -- Boneyard -- Raise the Hunley! -- Goldfinger -- Want of air.