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.

[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.