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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| History | |
|---|---|
 Confederate States | |
| Name | Peedee |
| Namesake | Pee Dee River |
| Builder | Peedee Naval Shipyard, South Carolina |
| Commissioned | 20 April 1864 |
| Fate | Destroyed to prevent her capture, 18 February 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Macon-class gunboat |
| Length | 170 ft (51.8 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine and sails |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 91 |
| Armament |
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| Armor | None |
The CSS Peedee, also known as the CSS Pee Dee, was a Confederate gunboat launched in January 1865 and scuttled the following month during the American Civil War.
The Pee Dee was a Macon-class gunboat that was armed with two Brooke rifled cannons and a captured Union Dahlgren cannon. She was built at the Mars Bluff Navy Yard on the Great Pee Dee River in Marion County, South Carolina.[1]
On December 21, 2010, South Carolina's state archaeologist announced that a team of researchers believed had discovered the remains of the Peedee.[2]
It is believed that in mid-February 1865, after an inconclusive upriver skirmish with a larger Union warship, the Pee Dee's crew scuttled their ship to prevent her being captured by the enemy.
The CSS PeeDee Research and Recovery Team's dive master Bob Butler found the first of the three missing cannons of the Confederate warship PeeDee, the 9" Dahlgren, on September 17, 1995. He and the team located the second of the missing guns, a Brooke Rifled cannon, on September 23, 2006. These were the first two cannons found from the wreck of the CSS Pee Dee.[3] “They started dismantling the vessel and burning it,” The Associated Press quoted South Carolina state archaeologist Jonathan Leader as saying "It’s a debris field."[4]
The CSS Pee Dee's guns were located by the CSS Peedee Research and Recovery Team, directed by Bob Butler of Florence, S.C., and Ted L. Gragg of Conway, S.C.[note 1]
On September 29, 2015, a team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina raised all three cannons, which had been thrown overboard before the Peedee was scuttled. These are two Confederate-made Brooke rifled cannon and a larger captured Dahlgren cannon. The historic guns were taken to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. In June 2019, after four years of restoration, the guns were leased by the federal government to Florence County and installed in a display at the Florence County Department of Veterans Affairs Center.[5][6]
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The CSS Peedee, also known as the CSS Pee Dee, was a Confederate gunboat launched in January 1865 and scuttled the following month during the American Civil War. The Pee Dee was a Macon-class gunboat that was armed with two Brooke rifled cannons and a captured Union Dahlgren cannon. She was built at the Mars Bluff Navy Yard on the Great Pee Dee River in Marion County, South Carolina. On December 21, 2010, South Carolina's state archaeologist announced that a team of researchers believed had discovered the remains of the Peedee. It is believed that in mid-February 1865, after an inconclusive upriver skirmish with a larger Union warship, the Pee Dee's crew scuttled their ship to prevent her being captured by the enemy. The CSS PeeDee Research and Recovery Team's dive master Bob Butler found the first of the three missing cannons of the Confederate warship PeeDee, the 9" Dahlgren, on September 17, 1995. He and the team located the second of the missing guns, a Brooke Rifled cannon, on September 23, 2006. These were the first two cannons found from the wreck of the CSS Pee Dee. “They started dismantling the vessel and burning it,” The Associated Press quoted South Carolina state archaeologist Jonathan Leader as saying "It’s a debris field." The CSS Pee Dee's guns were located by the CSS Peedee Research and Recovery Team, directed by Bob Butler of Florence, S.C., and Ted L. Gragg of Conway, S.C. On September 29, 2015, a team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina raised all three cannons, which had been thrown overboard before the Peedee was scuttled. These are two Confederate-made Brooke rifled cannon and a larger captured Dahlgren cannon. The historic guns were taken to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. In June 2019, after four years of restoration, the guns were leased by the federal government to Florence County and installed in a display at the Florence County Department of Veterans Affairs Center.
CSS Virginia II was a Confederate Navy steam-powered ironclad ram laid down in 1862 at the William Graves' shipyard in Richmond, Virginia. Acting Constructor William A. Graves, CSN, was the superintendent in charge of her construction. In order to conserve scarce iron plating, he ordered the ship's armored casemate shortened from the specifications given in John L. Porter's original building plans; in addition, the ship's iron-plating, while six inches thick on the casemate's forward face, was reduced to five inches on her port, starboard, and aft faces. Due to the shortening of her casemate, the number of her cannon were reduced to a single 11" smoothbore, a single 8" rifle, and two 6.4" rifles. The Virginia II was named after the more famous Confederate ironclad, CSS Virginia, also called the Merrimack because of the ship's origins as a Union frigate. The original Virginia's success at the Battle of Hampton Roads caused "gunboat associations" to emerge around the South, mainly driven by women; their efforts helped with the construction of the Virginia II.
CSS Charleston was a casemate ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy (CSN) at Charleston, South Carolina during the American Civil War. Funded by the State of South Carolina as well as donations by patriotic women's associations in the city, she was turned over to the Confederate Navy and defended the city until advancing Union troops that threatened Charleston caused her to be destroyed in early 1865 lest she be captured. Her wreck was salvaged after the war and the remains have been obliterated by subsequent dredging.
CSS Palmetto State was one of six Richmond class casemate ironclad rams built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed in 1862, she defended Charleston, South Carolina and was burnt in 1865 to prevent her capture by advancing Union troops.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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