<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a about="#mwt57" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":""},"2":{"wt":"H. L. Hunley"},"3":{"wt":"submarine"},"4":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="H. L. Hunley (submarine)" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>H. L. Hunley</i></a> becomes the first submarine to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_USS_Housatonic" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sinking of USS Housatonic">engage and sink a warship</a>, the <a about="#mwt58" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Housatonic"},"2":{"wt":"1861"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Housatonic_(1861)" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Housatonic (1861)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Housatonic</i></a>.