The waters of the Pee Dee River are the lowest in years. So low is the water that the hulk of the old Confederate cruiser Pee Dee, sunk during the Civil War, is plainly visible. The sunken ship lies just below the Atlantic Coast Line bridge near Florence, S.C. Its propellers and boiler and a large part of its deck are plainly visible. The propellers are of iron or steel and will weigh 1,500 pounds. The old boiler is a tremendous affair. The cruiser was built on the Pee Dee during the Civil War at a saw mill which was converted into a ship building plant. The ship carried a large number of guns and was manned by a crew of 90 men. She rendered valuable service until sunk.
From page 8 of the Asheboro Courier, Thursday newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2018236516/1925-10-09/ed-1/seq-1/, Oct. 8, 1925
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Cannons Retrieved from CSS Pee Dee, 2015
If you’re interested in the CSS Pee Dee, a Confederate gunboat, you might enjoy the following article about three cannons raised from the Pee Dee River, South Carolina, in 2015. The article is at www.thevintagenews.com:
2015/10/24/archaeologists-found-three-civil-war-cannons-that-belonged-to-a-sunken-confederate-gunship
The site also contains an illustration of the CSS Pee Dee during the Civil War.
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