Besides the Hunley, this force also included a vessel eventually sunk by the Kearsarge and commanded by Raphael Semmes, the Alabama.
Stephen Mallory was the only Secretary ever to govern this military entity, and in that role he sent James Bulloch to England to plead for materiel. The Bayou St. John and the Pioneer never saw action for this force, but a similar vessel won an engagement with the Housatonic. Besides the Hunley, this force also included a vessel eventually sunk by the Kearsarge and commanded by Raphael Semmes, the Alabama. FTP what was this military branch of the government that opposed Union forces in the Civil War?
Stephen Mallory was the only Secretary ever to govern this military entity, and in that role he sent James Bulloch to England to plead for materiel.
{Confederate Navy} or {Navy} of the {CSA} or reasonable equivalents; prompt on  “Confederacy”