Butch,

Check out this link http://www.imls.gov/closer/archive/hlt_m0601.htm

You can click on the picture for a larger version. The sub, supposedly financed by a wealthy N.O. area plantation owner, as a means to break the Union blockade, was found in 1878 while dredging a canal near New Orleans. Originally thought to be the Pioneer, it is being conserved by the Louisiana State Museum in N.O., to be put on display in Baton Rouge when finished.

Was rumored to be manned by slaves who abandoned it during trials, and fled.

Manufacture date: circa 1861-62
Dimensions: 6' tall, 3' wide, 20' long
Construction: riveted iron panels
Crew: 2-3
Propulsion: crank driven screw (probably 2 bladed)
Steering: bicycle handlebar type steering, connected to

two rudders, fore and aft
Ventilation: possible flexible floating snorkle hose.
Armament: possible spar torpedo mounted in nose hole.
Conning tower: missing
dive planes: forward, on centerline