In Search of the Acadia: A Civil War Blockade Runner

British Built Steam powered River-Clyde Side Wheeler. She was a Civil War Blockade Runner, the Acadia sailed under the British Maritime flag the "Red Ensign," used by civilian vessels from Canada.

Eileen Wagner details the Civil War Blockade Runner Acadia. Built in Sorel, Quebec, Canada in 1864. The "Acadia" an aground while trying to reach Confederate forts near San Luis Pass and Velasco, Texas. Be prepared for fascinating historical information from the time when and where she was built to her final resting place near San Luis Pass, Texas, located on the Texas coast near Galveston. You will find photos and maps associated with the Acadia included for the first time in the writing of her history.

The author's love of history and having lived at Treasure Island, San Luis Pass, Texas, since 1981, her passion is to save this portion of Texas history, which has never been written about. She was awarded the 2019 Dan Parkinson Literary Award which the Old Fort Velasco Historical Association and the Old Velasco/Surfside Beach Historical Committee award each year to an individual who has used his/her writing ability to promote the rich history of Brazoria County.

Eileen M Benitz Wagner has devoted her business career to product design, manufacturing, and national sales for the wholesale floral, nursery and mass merchant markets throughout the United States. As an owner of a small business, each category demands unlimited attention. The late 1990s took her to the agricultural field and the growing of newly planted wine grapes. During this period she traveled to the wine grape regions of France, Canada, Chile, Argentina and Australia seeking additional information to improve her product. A founding member of the International Pirates, ( a charity entertainment group from across America) that began in the middle 1980s, she sang and danced to warm the hearts of elderly, special needs children, Shrine Burn Hospital patients and all she met as a Lady Pirate. "It is giving something back. We say it is putting a little color in black and white worlds when nothing but pain is in sight." Her love of history and having lived at Treasure Island, San Luis Pass, Texas, since 1981 became her passion to save this portion of Texas history which has never been written about. She was awarded the 2019 Dan Parkinson Literary Award which the Old Fort Velasco Historical Association and the Old Velasco/Surfside Beach Historical Committee award each year to an individual who has used his/her writing ability to promote the rich history of Brazoria County. She lives in The Woodlands, Texas, near her family. One daughter lives in Dallas and the other lives in Spring, Texas.