From the September 28th Archaeology Blog by Peter Campbell.
I have had several entries on this subject, but always good to brush up on it.
Confederate shipbuilding from 1861 to 1862 was focused on building traditional ships in traditional shipyards. However, after that, Union incursions and occupied areas forced much of the building to be moved inland.
The CSS PeeDee, which got its name from the river flowing by the site, was built at Mars Bluff as well as several steam-powered torpedo boats. I had not heard of the torpedo boats before. I wonder what ever became of them? Were they sunk by the site?
The East Carolina University's summer field school has done a preliminary archaeological dig at the site and found that it was previously used by Indians and also in the Colonial era, Civil War and even logging at the end of the 19th century.
A Brook Rifle cannon and a Dahlgren smoothbore cannon thrown overboard from the PeeDee have also been found in the river.
Never Heard of It Before I Blogged About It. --Old B-Runner
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